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India’s leading domestic mining equipment manufacturer BEML Ltd has annoucned a major order from national coal mining giant Coal India Ltd for the supply of seven BH150E 150 ton (136 t) trucks and eight BH205E 205 ton (186 t) trucks under a “trial cum sale” deal along with an eight year spare parts contract. These[…]

In bulk material handling applications, a conveyor is typically a massive, complex and extremely powerful system. It is usually constructed of rubber belting, set on rolling idlers, wrapped around large steel drums at each end and driven by a high-torque motor. As such, a conveyor presents enough danger zones that the entire system should be[…]

Engineering firm Worley has decided to cut 5% of its staff as it continues to deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said it had seen a contraction in the business from customers’ delays, deferrals and cancellations, particularly in field-based work and, more specifically, in lower margin construction-related activities. This has seen[…]

Upgrading from a voice-based fleet management system to an automated mobile solution enables mine managers to gain critical efficiencies across their site, resulting in a positive effect on their operations’ bottom line, according to MICROMINE. Nickel-copper-cobalt miner, Independence Group (IGO), recently upgraded to Pitram Mobile at its Nova operation in Western Australia. Nova is one[…]

Dundee Sustainable Technologies Inc (DST) has announced positive results from a metallurgical test program utilising DST’s CLEVR ProcessTM on two distinct mineralised samples from a gold mining company. DST’s CLEVR ProcessTM provides mining companies with an alternative to the conventional methods of extracting gold with cyanide. It uses sodium hypochlorite with a catalytic amount of[…]

IMDEX says its global footprint in key mining regions throughout the world gives it an important glimpse of the some of the emerging trends and challenges facing the sector, trends that were taking shape prior to the onset of COVID-19. Leveraging technology, or, more specifically, the cloud, is one development the Australia-based company has noted[…]

Since the successful launch of Minetruck MT65 in 2016, Epiroc says it has maintained Minetruck MT65’s position as the highest payload capacity underground truck in the world. It has now presented a summary of recent improvements “that have made the truck even better and further improves the value for the customer.” “The new engine dramatically[…]

Global supplier of mining hoist solutions SIEMAG TECBERG recently announced the expansion of a customer/supplier relationship and partnership that has existed for many years between it and Siemens. Within the scope of this supplier relationship, Siemens produces and supplies automation and drive technology products based on the design and engineering of SIEMAG TECBERG. Since March[…]

Uralmashplant (UZTM) recently began the shipment of a mine hoist to Siberia Polymetals JSC (an enterprise of UMMC). Hoist SHPM 5×4 kn is intended for a mine under construction at the Korbalikhinsky ore deposit. This is the second machine of this type manufactured at UZTM. At present, Uralmashplant is the only Russian manufacturer of mine[…]

Atlas Copco has developed a new addition to its WEDA submersible dewatering pump range specifically designed for thick, soft, wet mud, and other similar mixtures. The WEDA S50 fits into the S family of WEDA sludge pumps, complementing the other units in the range, in terms of specifications, the company said. “These pumps are ideally[…]