US gold mining company Newmont Corporation is to junk Wi-Fi in favour of 5G on its remote controlled and autonomous machinery at its major mining operations in Australia, Africa, Latin America, and North America. The decision comes after a private 5G trial with Ericsson...
The mining industry continues to recruit operators and vendors to deploy new industrial LTE and 5G networks on the promise of industrial change. Here is a summary of recently announced deployments.
1 |Â Minera Las Bambas, Peru
Minera Las Bambas in Peru, the ninth largest copper mine...
Australian operator Telstra has switched on a private LTE network at a gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The deployment at the Lihir gold mine, on Aniolam Island in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea, will bring greater levels of safety, remote...
