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Mining technology news tracks the latest innovations reshaping how mines operate—from automation and robotics to AI, IoT, and data-driven decision-making. This category features updates on smart equipment, fleet management software, remote operations, and green tech improving safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Discover how tech leaders, OEMs, and mining firms are adapting to digital transformation and ESG requirements. Essential for engineers, tech strategists, and executives following the future of mining. Related categories: Mining Equipment, Underground Mining, and Mining Operations.
An autonomous ultra-class haul truck operates on a terraced open-pit mine haul road. Autonomous mining technology 2026 has reached a new scale threshold. Komatsu has commissioned…
Vale Base Metals has brought an autonomous fleet of Komatsu 930E haul trucks into operation at its Salobo copper complex in Pará, Brazil, marking a significant…
Mining ESG compliance 2026 is moving beyond sustainability reporting. Across major mining jurisdictions, environmental, social and governance controls are becoming conditions for permitting, construction, production, market…
Autonomous mining technology 2026 has crossed a critical threshold, transitioning from isolated proof-of-concept trials into the foundational architecture of global mineral extraction. For over a decade,…
An autonomous robot performs hazardous blasting-related work on an open-pit mine bench. Autonomous mining technology is moving from driverless truck demonstrations to coordinated, mine-wide operating systems.…
The architecture of global resource security is undergoing its most aggressive structural realignment in decades. Across Washington and allied capitals, policymakers are confronting a stark operational…
Mine-tailings reprocessing and critical-minerals recovery facility. Image: Skillings Mining Intelligence. **WASHINGTON : ** The U.S. Department of Energy has selected nine projects for up to $162…
A tailings storage facility failure at Samancor’s Dikwena Chrome mine near Brits has put a practical question at the centre of mining ESG compliance in 2026:…
An autonomous haul truck follows a controlled route through a large open-pit mining operation. Autonomous mining technology has moved beyond the pilot stage at the industry’s…
Autonomous mining technology 2026 is moving beyond isolated pilot projects and into production-critical fleet operations. Vale’s Salobo copper mine in Brazil has brought 19 Komatsu 930E…
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