IlluMINEation: IMA Autosampler, ready for the RHI Magnesita mine
IMA representatives discussed on-site the future proceeding with installing the IMA Autosampler in RHI Magnesita underground mine. The visit and the installation are part of the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project illuMINEation.
Jukka Raatikainen, CEO, Ilpo Auranen, COB, and Damith De Silva, project engineer IMA Engineering, visited the RHI Magnesita mine in Breitenau (Austria) on 7th June 2022. The Breitenau magnesite deposit in central Austria represents the largest known sparry magnesite deposit in the eastern alpine region.
The IMA delegation visited the underground mine (currently 900m below the surface), with the Geologist and the Mining Engineer of RHI Magnesita. They examined the drilling locations and discussed the possibilities of installing an IMA Autosampler.
The progress, emphasized during the 4th Consortium meeting
The IMA delegation participated in the fourth consortium meeting of the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project illuMINEation. This happened on the 8th & 9th of June 2022 in Leoben, Austria.
IMA is part of work package 5 - “Sustainable & intelligent mineral resource extraction”, and the task leader for 5.3 “Analyze While Drilling” (AWD).
This package develops a concept for a sustainable & intelligent mineral resource extraction, based on data derived from instrumented equipment for drilling of production boreholes.
CEO Jukka Raatikainen presented a comprehensive presentation on the current progress and the future prospective of the work carried out.
Measurement-While-Drilling (MWD) and Analysis-While-Drilling (AWD) are the main strategies for optimum excavation performance. This is accompanied by investigations about methods to acquire accurate spatial information of borehole trajectories. The focus lies on improved geotechnical & mechanical characterization and accurate geological mapping and ore classification.
What is IMA Engineering?
IMA Engineering has used on-line sensors for analyzing ore and waste rock in mining for over 25 years. Today IMA on-line sensors are used in various stages of the mining process including on-line analysis of drill cores, drill chips, ore, and waste in loader buckets, ROM ore analysis on conveyor belts and in bulk ore sorting, as well as slurry analysis in concentrators.
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