Amman Mineral Orders Forum ROV for Subsea Mining Support
Energy Technologies, this is the second time Forum has delivered one of its observation-class ROVs for work relating to the mine, having supplied the quarry’s previous owners, PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, with a Super Mohawk previously.Amman Mineral successfully completed the purchase of Newmont Mining Corporation’s ownership stake of PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara in 2016."The Super Mohawk II ROV will be used to perform regular deep-sea tailing placement monitoring programs to ensure that the marine environment is highly preserved. The use of hi-tech and implementation of mining best practices
Delving Deeper with AUVs
increase the range of marine applications, while advances in artificial intelligence will increase reliability and flexibility. Case Study Blue Ocean Monitoring recently completed a contract in Indonesia working for PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT), which is a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, one of the world’s largest gold producers with assets and operations across five continents. The task was to utilize the Slocum glider for monitoring in support of PTNNT’s Tailings Placement Program at its Batu Hijau copper-gold mine in Sumbawa, Indonesia. The program involved
AUV Monitors Environment at Underwater Mine
Blue Ocean Monitoring completes PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara contract Blue Ocean Monitoring (BOM), the provider of real-time ocean data services, has completed a contract in Indonesia working for PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT), a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, a gold producer with assets or operations on five continents. BOM’s task was to utilize its Slocum Glider to monitor PTNNT’s Tailings Placement Program at its Batu Hijau copper-gold mine in Sumbawa, Indonesia. The program involved the tailings from the mine being piped (3.2 kilometers) out to sea and deposited off the
February 2024
