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In its just released six month report to September 2020, Komatsu Ltd said consolidated net sales  across al divisions totalled JPY957.7 billion, down 21.1% from the corresponding period a year ago. In the construction, mining and utility equipment business, demand fell, centreing on North America, Europe & CIS and Asia, as particularly affected by the[…]

Capstone Mining is continuing to leverage innovative, low-cost technology at its Pinto Valley mine in an attempt to further utilise its existing solvent-extraction and electowinning (SX-EW) plant at the Arizona, USA, operation. In the December quarter of 2019, Pinto Valley commenced a PV3 Optimization project designed to achieve safer, more reliable and higher capacity operations[…]

Kazakhstan iron ore mining company Sokolov-Sarbai Mining Production Association JSC (SSGPO) which is part of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a leading diversified natural resources producer headquartered in Luxembourg, has completed the first stage of pilot tests of a MGS-2.0 magnetic gravity separator. This has enabled the company, which is a leading supplier of iron ore[…]

Atalaya Mining has commenced the execution of a feasibility study to evaluate the economic viability of producing cathodes from complex sulphide ores prevalent in the Iberian Pyrite Belt through the application of a new extraction process called the E-LIX System. The production of cathodes has the potential to generate cost savings by reducing charges associated[…]

Metso Outotec has spelt out a three-pillar focus in a new strategy and financial targets update, saying it is looking to divest its Recycling business and concentrate its attention on the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries. The new strategy, focused on growth and improving profitability, was published on the same day as the[…]

Fortescue Metals Group says it has completed its Chichester Hub autonomous haulage project, with 183 trucks now operating in AHS mode across its Solomon and Chichester Hubs, in Western Australia. The project represents one of the largest fleet conversions to autonomous haulage systems (AHS) in the industry. It was aided by the involvement of Thiess.[…]

RPMGlobal has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Canada-headquartered, inventory optimisation management software company, IMAFS. As a Software-as-a-Service and cloud-delivered provider of inventory optimisation software, IMAFS has more than 20 years experience developing and selling its flagship IMAFS product, RPMGlobal says. The IMAFS solution is an inventory management and forecasting software solution that[…]

ioneer Ltd, an emerging lithium-boron supplier, has announced a partnership with Caterpillar as its exclusive heavy equipment partner for its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada. Caterpillar will supply haul trucks, hydraulic shovels, wheel loaders, and other minesite support machinery like crawler dozers, excavators, and motor graders. ioneer and Caterpillar say they are also working[…]

Caterpillar has entered into an agreement with Seeing Machines Pty Ltd to deliver and support light vehicle and on-highway driver fatigue and distraction monitoring technology through Cat® dealers. Seeing Machines’ Guardian 2 system is an advanced, non-intrusive system that senses operator movements and analyses them for symptoms of fatigue or distraction in light vehicle applications.[…]

Exyn Technologies has announced two new products to expand its ability to collect data from challenging and previously-unmappable environments, and enable customers to have better solutions. The ExynAero (pictured) is the latest aerial robot and an upgrade from the previous generation’s A3R™. Fully autonomous, the ExynAero allows for mapping of any environment (including GPS-denied, human-inaccessible,[…]