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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 aerial view shows the breached tailings compartment and the path of released material toward nearby mine infrastructure. South African regulators are investigating the collapse of…
Aerial view of tailings slurry extending from the failed facility near Brits. South African authorities are investigating the collapse of a tailings storage facility at Samancor’s…
Australia’s largest aluminium smelter has secured a long-term electricity pathway after the federal and New South Wales governments agreed to provide about A$2.5 billion (US$1.76 billion)…
An ultra-class haul truck operates on a high-altitude open-pit mine haul road. Autonomous mining technology has moved beyond pilot projects and into a competition over fleet…
Komatsu has commissioned its 1,000th ultra-class autonomous haul truck, marking a significant shift in mining automation from pilot projects to large-scale commercial deployment. The milestone, announced…
Copper and cobalt processing infrastructure at a large mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned exports of copper…
SANTIAGO : Severe winter storms and unyielding blizzards across Chile have paralyzed key copper operations in the high Andes, compounding a fragile global supply crunch and…
Zambia has formalised a tightly managed regulatory pivot regarding its copper mining sector through Statutory Instrument (SI) No. 43 of 2026. Designed to balance domestic industrial…
LUSAKA : Zambia is tightening its regulatory grip on mineral trade by maintaining a strict baseline export duty on copper concentrates while navigating temporary adjustments designed…
The global mining landscape in 2026 has reached a definitive tipping point. What were once experimental pilot programs in the Pilbara and the Atacama have now…
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