IT notebook: FEI, Itasca, Mincom
Staff reporter, 1 February 2012
FEI Company vice-president and general manager Paul Scagnetti says the company’s recent acquisition of ASPEX Corporation would prove pivotal to its ongoing strategy aimed at moving automated mineral and petrographic analysis “outside the laboratory to where mining, and oil and gas companies are exploring, extracting, processing and refining”.
“We want to facilitate faster, easier analysis,” Scagnetti said.
FEI’s recently launched WellSite software had Aspex Extreme as the SEM platform.
“This acquisition will enable the [FEI] Natural Resources group to better integrate our QEMSCAN and MLA software products onto the Aspex platforms,” Scagnetti said. “Aspex has been a great partner thus far in developing the mobile QEMSCAN WellSite product, and we look forward to working more closely with them now they are part of FEI.”
CONSULTING and technology group Itasca has retained Roger Hart as its principal software advisor, though he stepped down from his role as director of software services at the start of January.
Itasca said Hart had helped the company achieve “world class prominence” for its software products. He had also built a team to direct future software development at Itasca, with David Russell recently added to the group as chief software architect.
Meanwhile, Applied Seismology Consultants (ASC) is now the UK agent for all Itasca software codes, support and queries, replacing Mott MacDonald.
US GOLD miner Allied Nevada has been added to Mincom’s list of licensed Ellipse 8 users, with the company aiming to deploy the mobile-enabled enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suites throughout its operations.
Allied Nevada will use applications for enterprise asset and work management, finance and human resources, as well as the Mincom Integration Platform and Mincom Enterprise Reporting & Analytics. The miner has also licensed Mincom LinkOne, Mincom’s solution for electronic parts catalogs and maintenance manuals.
“With Ellipse 8, we believe Mincom has solidified its position as the world’s best-in-class EAM and ERP provider,” said Allied Nevada chief information officer Jim Cameron. “After a thorough evaluation, we selected Ellipse 8 as the best solution to support our business objectives, now and in the future as we expand operations. With Ellipse 8, we’re also implementing a modern platform for enterprise asset management with a Web-based architecture and light footprint that can help us significantly reduce IT costs and resource requirements.”
Also in the February 1 - 7, 2012 edition
- AFRICA
- Avocet cashed-up for expansion
- Rediscovering their Moto
- ASIA DESK
- Seeing some light in uranium gloom
- Steeled with renewed optimism
- CENTRAL ASIA
- Coal could power wider search
- COAL
- Farm conundrum grows for NSW miners
- Queensland minnows feel squeeze
- Strategic Cropping Land arrives
- Time to deliver for Cockatoo
- CONSULTING
- Consulting briefs: Itasca, Coffey, Xstract
- EXPLORATION
- Bell focus turns to Nigeria
- FINANCE
- Time to bet on red
- FROM THE CAPITAL
- Markets need to re-define what they mean by normal
- GOLD
- It’s an Olympic year: go for gold
- HEAVY METAL
- Heavy metal briefs: Sandvik, Caterpillar
- Komatsu's mining lift
- INTERCEPTS
- Alcoa smelter woes
- Allied moves to douse rumour
- Alpha Natural coal cutback
- AP to buy Patagonia
- Aphrodite scoping positive
- Bannerman secures DFS funds
- Beacon's Barlee boost
- BHPB alumina up
- BHPB profit falls
- Bilbao extension for Minco
- Blackgold posts resource
- Bligh partner talks
- Bokoni rejig
- Brimstone to pay for Penny's
- Centamin backs Nyota
- Chinalco extends Qld copper search
- CMD signs good for Lachlan
- CoAL welcomes Chapudi entry
- Copper One looks to resource
- Coppermoly advances PNG prospects
- Cuesta reports East Wandoan resource
- Downer confirms Karara win
- Dragon to speed work at Kuusamo
- Dugbe Shear hopes rise
- East Coast increases Wolfsberg potential
- ECR welcomes met results
- Eldorado wins independent support
- Exxaro says profit will jump
- First gold for Siana
- FMG awards software contract
- Franco-Nevada buys into gold complex
- Gascoyne starts Glenburgh study
- Glencore, Xstrata just chatting
- Globe to increase Memba stake
- Gulf ready to pounce
- Gunson looks to advance Coburn
- Harmony sounds higher profit note
- Hastings advances
- Higginsville lift for Alacer
- High grades for Sunrise at Derryginagh
- Hollister near 100,000ozpa
- Horizonte secures Brazil nickel
- Hot rock team formed
- IMX encouraged by Tomahawk results
- Indo completes Rajawali placement
- Iron ore record for giant
- Jatenergy starts Indo coal mine
- Kentor to fire up Murchison
- Kibali construction ready
- Kono sampling encouragement
- Kumtor struck down
- La Colorada lifts VANE
- Lake Victoria restarts Tanzania work
- Leopard spots opportunity
- Magma partner
- Mambare promise
- Merger to have sequels
- Mindoro's Pan de Azucar breakthrough
- More Deflector attention
- More ground for Forte
- No way through for Pathfinder
- Northam profit lift
- OM signs Sarawak power deal
- Optimism rises
- Ox must pay, with interest
- Palabora profit rises
- PanTerra starts drilling in Ecuador
- Peak looks for Ngualla control
- Pershimco extends placement
- Pilot drilling lifts Black Fire hopes
- Rain costs more Whitehaven output
- Rain dampens BHPB coal result
- Ramelius expands WA holdings
- Red Rock's Resource Star support
- Rio lifts iron ore spend
- Rustenburg trouble deepens
- SAG repairs boost CGA
- San Gold lifts SGX holding
- Sheffield sets Irwin target
- Silvercorp hits at short sellers
- Talk spurs Jaguar run
- Taruga debuts
- Taruga to make quick start
- Thiess wins more BHPB work
- Vane points to porphyry copper
- Wah clears to Brockman
- Waratah starts Youkou drilling
- Western Desert builds DSO base
- Xstrata posts $US5.8B profit
- Yeneena funding looking good
- Yuinmery resource in sight
- MINING
- Lougher may open up M&A vista
- MINING INTELLIGENCE
- ASIC, I fear it is now up to you
- MINING IT
- CAE Mining revenue up
- Growth at a price
- PEOPLE
- Six dollar samples, 20c schooners and $1 apps
- PROJECT WATCH
- Nena edges ahead
