SMIC News Issue 66 includes information on the 175th GM, upcoming events, industry reports, surveying education reports, surveying and SIS traineeships and the SMIC Training and Scholarship Program.
Industry News
Here is the latest industry news. Don't forget to also regularly check the Members Notices page and Events page!
Making geological modelling simple is the premise of Vulcan GeologyCore, released by technology developer Maptek in September 2021.
SMIC News Issue 65 - August 2021 including info on the 174th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
Oz Minerals uses Hovermap in many ways to capture data in areas that were not previously accessible to improve the efficiency and decision-making of their engineers.
Mining companies want to maintain a safe working environment. Well designed and maintained haul roads are the key to minimising costs and improving productivity.
Maptek sensing systems are extremely safe and easy to use, collecting mining or large civil project data and feeding results and reports to downstream consumers.
In December 2019, Rio Tinto engaged MineLiDAR to trial Hovermap for convergence monitoring at its Argyle Diamond Mine, in Western Australia.
A new e-book has been published by Hexagon outlining the benefits of combined radar and geodetic monitoring.
Emesent and Datamine have partnered to enable geotechnical structure mapping in stopes and other inaccessible areas.
SMIC News Issue 64 - May 2021 including info on the 173rd General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
Preservation of Survey Infrastructure (POSI) applications will soon be directed to contact Survey Operations through the new DCS Spatial Services user-friendly Customer Hub.
In the mid 1970s, geologist Bob Johnson opened a small bureau service above a row of shops in suburban Sydney, NSW, to computerise coal seam drafting. That venture was the precursor to Maptek, which today develops, sells and supports innovative mining solutions to more than 20,000 users worldwide.
SMIC News Issue 63 - February 2021 including info on the 172nd General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.

Mungari Gold operation replaced its CMS with Hovermap, and captured rich stope data sets that help improve stope design and reconciliation.
On 17 May, 2020, the LKAB Kiruna Mine in Sweden experienced a seismic event that resulted in significant fall of ground, deep within the site. The iron-ore mine was immediately closed and mine managers began determining how best to assess the damage.
SMIC News Issue 62 - December 2020 including info on the 171st General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
SMIC News Issue 61 - August 2020 including info on the 32nd AGM and 170th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
SMIC News Issue 60 - April 2020 including info on the 169th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
SMIC News Issue 59 - Feb 2020 including info on the 168th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Global Surveyors Day, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
- Monitoring of Tailings Dams
- A Reflection on Technology Evolution
- Proximity Detection and Collision Awareness Technology
- SMIC News - December 2019
- AIMS Extends "A Life Without Limits" Program Support
- AIMS Presents at Otago University School of Surveying
- SMIC News - August 2019
- AIMS/RMIT Scholarship Awarded
- SMIC News - April 2019
- Latest Deswik module creates survey solids from scan data in no time
- SMIC News - March 2019
- BOSSI Statistical Review
- AIMS Invited to WHS (Mines) Regulations Workshops
- Compnet v3.1 Released
- AIMS Supports STEM Students at Moranbah QLD
- AAM Partners with Indigenous Wumara Group
- Trig Station Tribute to Peter Buffier
- SBQ Communique March 2018
- AIMS Scholar Jhobie Verdejo Graduates
- SMIC News - Nov 2017