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.
Industry News
Here is the latest industry news. Don't forget to also regularly check the Members Notices page and Events page!
In 2019 Fyfe was approached iby a long-standing client to assist with the planning and reporting for a proposed State Significant Development (SSD). The project required characterisation of over 4,000 structures and buildings (SB) covering an area approximately 20kms x 22kms.
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.
The volume of tailings release due to dam failure has been trending upwards since the 1970s with quantities of material released reaching an average of over three million cubic meters per failure since 2010.
Garry MacPhail, Geospatial Executive Manager for Position Partners, reflects on technology evolution in the last two decades and its effect on the survey profession today and beyond.
According to Safe Work Australia, the mining industry has seen a 51% increase in the number of serious claims for disease and injury between 2000-01 and 2013-14. Proximity detection and collision awareness systems are the kind of safe guards that mine operators can implement to reduce accidents, keep track of machine movements and mitigate risk across the site.
SMIC News Issue 58 including info on the 167th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
AIMS has extended its support for the "A Life Without Limits" program into WA through the WAIS (Western Australian Institution of Surveyors).
An AIMS representative has presented at New Zealand's Otago University in promoting the career opportunities as a mine surveyor.
SMIC News Issue 57 including info on the 166th General Meeting plus the 31st Annual General Meeting, upcoming events, industry reports, surveying education reports, cartographica, surveying and SIS traineeships and the SMIC training and scholarship program.
The Australian Institute of Mine Surveyors,in partnership with the RMIT University in Melbourne, has awarded it's scholarship in Mine Surveying to Jonathan Blowfield.
SMIC News Issue 56 including info on the 165th General Meeting plus industry reports, surveying education reports, surveying and SIS traineeships and the SMIC training and scholarship program.
LEADING global mining software development company Deswik has released an innovative product designed to handle large amounts of scanned survey point data and automate the process of creating valid solids from it.
SMIC News Issue 55 including info on the 164th General Meeting, Industry reports, Surveying Education reports, Surveying and SIS Traineeships and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
BOSSI has released a statistical review for 2017/2018.
- 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
- Satellite Based Augmentation System test-bed project
- Inaugural diversity scholarship recipient announced in support of women in mining
- SMIC News - August 2017
- Deswik Showcases Latest Functions & Developments
- Maptek geologist excited to share expertise in Australia
- SMIC News May 2017
- Maptek Delivers Innovative Laser Scanners
- I-Site Sales Consultant wins 2017 Emerging Leader Award
- SMIC News November 2016
- Appointment of NSW Surveyor General
- New mobile 3D scanning integration
- SBQ Info - August 2016
