Tag: From Australia

Hexagon is partnering with Western Australia’s Augment Technologies to help mines maximize ore yield and optimize operational efficiencies by accurately accounting for blast movement. The partnership will harness a blend of block model data, artificial intelligence, bespoke movement models...

Australian data analytics and drone autonomy start-up Emesent is writing its way into the record books with a series of remotely operated autonomous drone flights which promise to drive revolutionary change in the heavy industry space. The most recent of...

Emesent, a groundbreaking autonomous mapping and analytics company, today announced a new investment from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the defence and government communities of the U.S, Australia, and their allies. The strategic...

Leading global miner Anglo American and Komatsu, a leading provider of heavy equipment, technology and services for the mining, construction and forestry industries, has announced a new mine rehabilitation partnership that will see more than 9,000 trees planted at...

Around Townsville they’re calling it the Smurf – a big blue Komatsu excavator which has been painted to support a worthy cause - Beyond Blue. Every hour the machine works, its owner, fourth generation construction company RMS Engineering and...

John Bashforth, a fourth-generation farmer, quarry and machinery operator in the Byron Bay region of NSW, tends not to turn over his heavy equipment often. He’s just bought his third Komatsu bulldozer, almost half a century after his father Jack...

Rio Tinto is to develop its most technologically advanced mine following the full approval of a $2.6 billion1 (A$3.5 billion) investment in the Koodaideri iron ore mine in Western Australia. Koodaideri will deliver a new production hub for Rio Tinto’s world-class...

Hire equipment leader, Kennards Hire, has acquired Sydney based, market specialist temporary power rental business, Power Distribution Rentals (PDR). PDR have built a reputation for excellence in supplying the event, movie and industrial markets with generators, switchboards and cables along...