News Archive

April 2020
30 Apr 2020
InSig underground WiFi at Mount Morgans & Edna May mines enables remote LHD operation for RUC
As outlined in the March 2020 edition of Murray & Roberts Group magazine Robust, InSig...
30 Apr 2020
Thyssen Schachtbau’s OLKO making rapid progress with winders for Slavkaliy’s potash mine in Belarus
The first large components of two double drum production winders for Slavkaliy's Nezhinsky potash mining...
30 Apr 2020
Plotlogic raises profile and funds with BHP Iron Ore contract
Australia-based Plotlogic and its artificial intelligence-based ore-characterisation technology has won admirers from both venture capital...
30 Apr 2020
Autonomous conveyor belt condition monitoring in times of a crisis
As the digitalisation of processes in mines progresses, machines linked into the Industrial Internet of...
30 Apr 2020
Calling Chilean innovators – Innova mas PyMEs initative seeks to help tech SMEs meet mining’s challenges
Innova & PyMEs or "innovate more SMEs" is a new pioneering initiative of Chile's Integrated...
30 Apr 2020
Voith completes acquisition of mining electric motor supplier ELIN Motoren
After receiving all the official approvals, Voith has successfully completed the acquisition of ELIN Motoren...
30 Apr 2020
DRA Global to help debottleneck Anglo American Platinum’s Unki PGM concentrator
DRA Global says it has been awarded an engineering procurement and construction management contract to...
30 Apr 2020
Macmahon named as contract miner for Strandline’s Coburn mineral sands project
Strandline Resources has announced that it has taken another key step towards development of its...
30 Apr 2020
RCT automates new Cat R1700K LHD in Kalgoorlie
RCT says it is the first independent technology provider to successfully automate CAT’s recently released...
30 Apr 2020
Caterpillar hits 2 billion tonnes hauled milestone with autonomous haulage system
Caterpillar has again hit a significant milestone in autonomous haulage – achieving 2 billion tonnes...
30 Apr 2020
BEML bags order from Coal India for 15 electric drive mining trucks
India's leading domestic mining equipment manufacturer BEML Ltd has annoucned a major order from national...
29 Apr 2020
Martin Engineering delves into the danger zone for conveyor belt best practice
In bulk material handling applications, a conveyor is typically a massive, complex and extremely powerful...