Superior Industries, Inc, the U.S.-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, recently completed a major expansion at its manufacturing plant in Columbus, Nebraska. The expansion creates space and adds capabilities for building newly launched Guardian™ Horizontal Screens and portable processing plants for crushing, screening, washing and feeding, in addition to[…]
MC Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest refined nickel and palladium producer, has hosted its annual strategy day. The management reported the main results of the completed strategies of 2013-2015 and set key goals and priorities for the next strategy cycle of 2016-2018. “In 2013-2015, significant progress was achieved in transforming Norilsk Nickel into a world-class[…]
Handheld Group, a leading manufacturer of rugged mobile computers, has launched its first certified intrinsically safe model, a special version of the Nautiz X1 compact handheld, designed to be Zone 0 and Zone 1 intrinsically safe. The product is being brought to market through a collaboration between Handheld Group and MCS (Mining Consultancy Services), with[…]
Veolia Water Technologies has been awarded a patent for the recirculation of sludge for its sulphate removal technology, LoSO4™ which is used primarily to treat wastewater from mining operations for discharge or reuse. The proprietary LoSO4™ process was developed by Veolia to respond to increasingly stringent regulations limiting sulphates in surface water discharges as well[…]
Solving a problem a customer experienced when drilling in abrasive rock conditions has led to a “groundbreaking new design for drill bits”, according to Sandvik. The new top centre drill bits “which incorporate largest upgrade to face drilling bits in decades, are now available as standard products in three sizes.” Primary applications include face drilling[…]
RungePincockMinarco has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of iSolutions, a leading global Asset Management software company with over 20 years’ experience in the provision of asset management, life cycle costing and budgeting software solutions to the mining industry. The combined offering “will create the only single vendor production[…]
Canary Systems has a major update to its MultiLogger® Suite software platform for automated data acquisition. The 2016 release version provides over 30 new enhancements to one of the leading data integration, data reduction and data visualization tools on the market, programmed by engineers, for engineers. This includes dozens of completely new major features that[…]
The Government of the Republic of Namibia and The De Beers Group of Companies have signed a new 10-year sales agreement for the sorting, valuing and sales of Namdeb Holdings’diamonds. The sales agreement is the longest ever signed between the two partners. Namibia will see a significant increase in rough diamonds made available for beneficiation[…]
Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group, a world leader in mining tyre management and supply, says it will be showcasing several of its newest innovations designed to help maximise tyre life and productivity at the upcoming Electra Mining Africa and MINExpo exhibitions in September, being held in Johannesburg, South Africa and Las Vegas, USA respectively. While[…]
LHD operators at the Padcal mine in Benguet province, The Philippines, will soon benefit from owner, Philex Mining’s recent investment in a CYBERMINE Training System from ThoroughTec. ThoroughTec says this will combine an advanced, high-fidelity training simulator with E-learning to enhance the safety and efficiency levels in the mine’s load and haul operations. Padcal is[…]