Xstrata’s Philippine affiliate appeals Tampakan decision

The operator of the $5.9-billion Tampakan project in the southern Philippines said on Wednesday it had appealed a government decision not to grant environmental clearance for now on what could be Southeast Asia's biggest undeveloped copper-gold...

New hand-held device offers increased mobility, accuracy

Mining solutions companyMicromine Africa has combined its Field Marshall software with the Trimble Recon hand-held personaldigital assistant (PDA). The device, produced by Trimble and coupled with the Micromine software, is targeted at meeting the...

IT system allows access to vital information

A web-based information management system by Micromine Africa - an end-to-end mine solutions provider, recently introduced the dynamic optimal mineral extraction software (Dome) at Namdeb Diamond corporation and Tati Nickel Mining corporation,...

Automated solution to increase production at diamond-mine

Micromine Africa, an end-to-end mine-solutions provider, has been awarded a R3,3-million contract from the Namdeb Diamond Corporation. ?

Getting to the future first

Australian-based Micromine, one of the world’s leading mining software companies, has introduced DOME, an information-management system that facilitates access to information throughout the whole organisation.

R3,3m solution for Namibian diamond operation

End-to-end mine solutions provider Micromine Africa has been awarded a R3,3-million contract from the Namdeb Diamond Corporation. The contract involves the installation of an automated mine-control solution at the Namibia-based mine, which is made...