Historically, underground blasting has been one of the biggest time thieves in the Granny Smith Mine. They are currently losing four hours of production in a 24-hour period due to the firing. With the ongoing modernization program, Michael looks to become more efficient than before."...
RCT's latest partnership with Gold Fields in Australia has seen, it says, the transformation of the Granny Smith mine and machine fleet into a state-of-the-art, digitally connected powerhouse.The project, which RCT says embodies the mining company's key value of innovation, is designed to ...
The Gold Fields Granny Smith mine in Western Australia has been operating their grinding circuit under a wide range of conditions: campaigning very competent underground ore followed by soft oxide, primary versus secondary crushed feed and finally single-stage SAG and conventional SAG, ball mill and...
Innovation means little unless it is applied and can be scaled to benefit an organization as a whole or, in the case of the digital mine, an entire industry and ultimately the world. Innovation by ABB and Gold Fields at Granny Smith Mine has been not only in implementing an adva...
The Company also owns 100% of the St Ives, Agnew, Granny Smith mines and around 50% of the Gruyere gold mine in Australia, and 90.0% of the Tarkwa and Damang mines in Ghana. It owns approximately 99.5% of the Cerro Corona mine in Peru. Revenue in ZAR (TTM)78.33bn Net income in ...
A 11 MW expansion to the current 8 MW solar plant at its Granny Smith mine in Australia; A 7.7 MW photovoltaic solar plant at the Salares Norte mine in Chile to be added to the current diesel generator sets about a year after first gold production. The project has already received the ...
`` Gold Fields has enjoyed a solid , collaborative relationship with ABB globally , and now we are working hard to deliver a modern digitalised mine at Granny Smith , one that is more productive and sustainable , '' Gold Fields ' unit manager , innovation and technology , Rob Derries sai...
mine in South Africa is approximately 96.43%. The Company also owns 100% of the St Ives, Agnew, Granny Smith mines and around 50% of the Gruyere gold mine in Australia, and 90.0% of the Tarkwa and Damang mines in Ghana. It owns approximately 99.5% of the Cerro Corona mine in Peru....
Global mining company Gold Fields has begun using a comprehensive digital platform from ABB to coordinate production scheduling and execution across its Granny Smith Mine in Western Australia (Figure 10). The mining leader has deployed the ABB Ability~(TM) Operations Management System (OMS) at the...
Gold mining operations at Placer Dome's Granny Smith mine in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia present a valuable case study for examining this tension. Changes taking place at the mine site are decolonising in intent, though outcomes may be deep colonising in effect. Recent discussions...