Jansen spells out the need for change
August 24 - 30, 2009
IF traditional metal balancing and reconciliation are dark arts and modern metal accounting is the key to unlocking real value from mineralised ores, then University of Queensland professor Rob Morrison may well be mining’s new-age Merlin. The sorcerer’s apprentice? Well that would be Will Jansen, seen here performing the neat trick of getting power out of a tree in the middle of Africa.
CAT the IT consolidator?
August 24 - 30, 2009
MINING machinery giant Caterpillar is the world’s dominant supplier of mining trucks, loaders and bulldozers but is a bit player in mining technology, an industry of a thousand small and often disparate pieces. That hasn’t stopped speculation that the company is building more than just a technology platform on which to expand the service and support offering it provides to miners, construction contractors and other key users of its equipment.
IT Notebook: Mincom, Strategic Thought, Leica
August 24 - 30, 2009
PRIVATELY owned American rare earth producer and technology company Molycorp Minerals LLC says mining software supplier Mincom has delivered on its promise to streamline delivery of its new enterprise asset management (EAM) platform.