News Archives - Page 9 of 14

March 12, 2019

Seamless ioGAS integration just the start for Micromine 2020

Collaboration between two leading mining software providers, MICROMINE and IMDEX, has brought together detailed geoscience analytics with sophisticated 3D modelling and mine design software to enhance the geological modelling workflow. MICROMINE worked with its industry peer for several months to integrate output from IMDEX’s ioGAS solution into the next major release of its 3D modelling and mine design software – Micromine 2020 – which will be launched later this year. The collaboration means geoscientists will be able to directly import ioGAS (.gas) files into Micromine 2020 software to map and model geological domains. Micromine Product Strategy Manager Mark Gabbitus said […]

March 27, 2019

REFLEX GYRO SPRINT-IQ™ surveys 10x faster and more accurately than traditional methods

The El Toqui Mining Project, operated by Laguna Gold, is located in the far south of Chile. Ground conditions and the presence of magnetic infastructure underground make a fast, gyro-based survey method critical for success.

April 5, 2019

MRIWA@DataScienceWeek: How data science will change the mining industry

As part of Data Science Week in Perth on May 8, General Manager – IMDEX Product Development Michelle Carey with be joining a panel of experts discussing their views on how data science will change the mining industry.

April 18, 2019

30 years of METS sector transformation: Exploration

Dr Michelle Carey – General Manager – IMDEX Product Development looks back on the last 30 years in changes of mineral exploration procedures and the challenges of the future. Looking back 30 years, how vastly different was exploration procedures to now and what have been the major changes? There have been a vast range of changes and even within our traditional core business of downhole surveying and core orientation, procedures have certainly advanced. At IMDEX we introduced the first digital survey tool – the REFELX EZ-SHOT™ – to the market in the late 1990s to replace analogue photographic tools. We […]

May 2, 2019

IMDEX MUD AID™ is proving to enhance productivity of drilling programs without a full-time drilling fluid contractor on site

Remote, real-time access to an operation’s drilling fluid properties enables clients’ greater control over their programs and product usage, reducing site visits by drilling fluid specialists and overall less movement on site.

September 4, 2019

Sorting the Signal from the Noise – Chile Explore Conference 2018

In October 2018, Dave Lawie, IMDEX’s Chief Geoscientist and Chief Technologist – Mining Solutions conducted a presentation on the topic of Sorting the Signal from the Noise at Evolution – Chile Explore Conference 2018.

September 4, 2019

Mets Ignited interviews IMDEX at EXPOMIN 2018

Mets Ignited spoke to Sergio Jimenez our Regional Manager South America at EXPOMIN 2018 about IMDEX’s technological contributions and building relationships between LATAM and Australia.

September 9, 2019

AMC BOS™ increases Rate of Penetration (ROP) by 84.6% in Panama

At AKD Panama Corp’s project in Cobre mine, Panama, AMC BOS™ addressed problems with lost circulation, leading to improved productivity, reduced water and drilling fluids consumption.

September 17, 2019

REFLEX product suite delivers significant efficiencies to a resource project in Oman

Earth Science Consultancy Centre (ESCC) successfully deployed the IMDEX Structural-IQ solution at a brownfield exploration project in Yanqul, Sultanate of Oman, where operator adoption time was minimal and the consultancy productivity was improved dramatically.