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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.
A driverless haul truck navigates an open-pit mine using onboard sensing and fleet-control systems. Volvo’s launch of Autona / earth marks a significant change in how…
Cabless electric haulage is moving autonomy from a fleet-control project toward a broader redesign of the open-pit mine. Autonomous mining technology has reached a scale that…
Autonomous mining technology in 2026 has transitioned from capital-intensive pilot programs into the operational backbone of modern resource extraction. The convergence of mature autonomous haulage systems…
LAS VEGAS : MP Materials Corp. has advanced its multi-phased industrial transformation at the Mountain Pass rare earth mine and processing facility in San Bernardino County,…
The global mining industry’s multi-year transition toward automation has crossed a decisive threshold. What began a decade ago as isolated trials of autonomous haulage systems (AHS)…
Mining’s shift from automated trials to commercial-scale autonomy has reached a new threshold. Komatsu has commissioned its 1,000th ultra-class autonomous haul truck, while Vale has brought…
By Salini Krishnan Published: August 6, 2026 PANAMA CITY : First Quantum Minerals has formally initiated a government-approved processing program to clear, treat, and export stockpiled…
Autonomous mining technology 2026 is entering a more demanding phase: proving that safety systems can be standardized across large, mixed equipment fleets. The immediate milestone is…
An open-pit copper-cobalt operation and processing complex in the DRC’s Copperbelt. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has prohibited the export of copper and cobalt concentrates…
Autonomous mining technology is entering a scale test. CiDi says its MetaMine platform now covers more than 1,900 autonomous mining trucks across nearly 40 mines, while…
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