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Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has unveiled the direction it thinks the underground mining industry is heading: fully-electric, autonomous and cabin-less. During its virtual Innovation in Mining event on September 29, David Hallett, Global Product Line Manager, Automation, and Jussi Puura, Research and Technology Development, Digitalization Lead, unveiled its next-generation AutoMine® Concept vehicle to back[…]

ABB, working with TAKRAF, has completed commissioning and testing of the world’s highest-powered gearless conveyor drive system at the Codelco-owned Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile. ABB has provided engineering design, gearless conveyor drives (GCD), electrical equipment for power supply, energy distribution and automation of a new underground and overland conveyor system at one of the[…]

Metso Outotec’s new manufacturing site in the region of Šiauliai (Šiauliai län), northern Lithuania, has started its operations. The new plant further strengthens the company’s capability to produce high-quality rubber and poly-met wear parts for its mining customers, the company said. The investment was announced back in March 2020. “Our target is to continuously develop[…]

LKAB says it is planning a fossil-free industrial park for recycling mine waste and producing critical raw materials. In the ReeMAP project, of which the aim is to develop technology for recycling mine waste, LKAB also plans to produce input materials, including hydrogen, and to electrify processes and, thereby, virtually eliminate carbon dioxide emissions in[…]

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with ArcelorMittal SA, pursuant to which Cleveland-Cliffs will acquire substantially all of the operations of ArcelorMittal USA LLC and its subsidiaries for approximately $1.4 billion. The assets acquired include six steelmaking facilities, eight finishing facilities, two iron ore mining and pelletising operations &[…]

Clean TeQ Holdings and Fluor Australia have come up with a Project Execution Plan (PEP) for the Sunrise Battery Materials project in New South Wales, Australia, that, Clean TeQ says, confirms the asset’s status as one of the world’s lowest cost, development-ready sources of critical battery raw materials. This builds on a 2018 definitive feasibility[…]

Caterpillar says it has cut underground LHD bucket maintenance time and increased loading flexibility with the introduction of its new Durilock™ Lip Shroud System for underground loader buckets. The fully integrated bucket system features hammerless installation and maintenance-free retention of ground engaging tools (GET) with Cat Infinitite™ elastomer compression retainers. Three interchangeable shroud styles enable[…]

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) recently announced that it has been awarded a Phase Two grant from the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicles Systems Center (formerly TARDEC). Based on the progress achieved during Phase One, ASI was chosen to continue development of a Deep Learning (DL) architecture that will support sensor fusion in[…]

At the height of the most recent nickel boom – when prices were over $20,000/t on the LME – the Santa Rita mine looked like a great option to gain exposure to the stainless steel raw material. Mirabela Nickel, the mine owner, represented a pure-play nickel stock; Brazil, as a jurisdiction, was looked at favourably[…]

Today, Apatit JSC (PhosAgro Group) Kirovsk Branch mining complex on Russia’s Kola peninsula is the world’s largest producer of the high-grade phosphate raw material apatite concentrate. Together, Apatit’s mines produce 38-39 Mt of ore per year, and the Kirovsk mine is the largest, producing 22 Mt. The enterprise has progressed through each step of the[…]