In Yangquan, northern China’s Shanxi province, Continental says it is using a closed-trough conveyor belt system to ensure the smooth and environmentally friendly extraction of pit coal. The closed system minimises dust emissions at operator YanKan Coal’s mining site, and is also fireproof and has low rolling resistance, making it particularly energy-efficient. The system, which[…]
As part of a new agreement with Umicore, Glencore has agreed to supply cobalt hydroxide from its KCC and Mutanda operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Umicore’s battery materials value chain. Umicore has assessed each of these operations as fully compliant with its sustainable procurement framework for cobalt, which excludes artisanally-mined cobalt from[…]
Epiroc has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new heat treatment plant for rock drills at one of its global manufacturing hubs in Örebro, Sweden. With heat treatment an essential part of rock drill manufacturing, the top-modern plant – to be built through an expansion of the current workshop building – will further boost rock[…]
Komatsu Europe has signed up Ritchie Bros’ cloud-based SaaS solution, RB Asset Solutions, to help better manage its assets internally and remarket its used equipment. RB Asset Solutions brings together a suite of tools and services to help customers better manage, analyse, and sell their assets, Ritchie Bros says, adding that Komatsu will use the[…]
A supplier of lithium-ion batteries to the mining equipment space, Northvolt, has recently received conditional backing from the European Investment Bank for a €350 million ($385 million) loan that could finance Europe’s first home-grown gigafactory. Northvolt said the EIB had provided an in-principle agreement for the financing – the largest ever direct EIB financing approval[…]
Saturn Metals is heralding the first pass results of a laser ore sorting test at its Apollo Hill gold project, near Leonora in the Western Australia goldfields, saying there is potential for using this type of mineral processing upgrade on a future mining operation. Testing using a STEINERT Fines KSS L machine showed mineralised quartz[…]
Booyco Electronics has teamed up with Mernok Elektronik and Selectronic to bring new generation technology to its proximity detection systems (PDS). The collaboration with the two firms will speed up development of future technologies, according to Anton Lourens (pictured), Managing Director of Booyco Electronics. Booyco Electronics claims to have pioneered the use of PDS in[…]
Trafo Power Solutions recently came to the aid of a mining company in KwaZulu-Natal, South, Africa, suffering from a transformer failure. Following the incident, dry-type transformer specialist, Trafo, designed, built and delivered a non-standard cast-resin replacement for the company – in just five weeks. David Claassen, Managing Director of Trafo Power Solutions, said: “Once the[…]
Safescape, 3ME Technology and Agrale are celebrating the launch of the new Bortana electric vehicle (EV), with the partners now preparing to dispatch a prototype for a three-month trial at a gold mine. The launch, taking place at Mt Cotton Training Centre on May 24, followed a successful exhibition at the Austmine conference, in Brisbane,[…]
AfriTin Mining has commenced a phased commissioning process for the pilot processing plant at its Uis tin mine in Namibia. At the same time the mining contractor has been mobilised, water and power infrastructure has been put in place, and resource validation drilling has been completed. The plant consists of two main parts: a 4-stage[…]