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Epiroc has announced a new strategy to support the underground mining market in North America. The company has consolidated resources and application experience to approach the US and Canadian segments as one North American market. It says this new structure will help meet increasing demand for electrification solutions that deliver savings on maintenance, ventilation and[…]

Rajant Corp, the provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, is expanding further into Eastern Europe and the CIS with a strategic distribution agreement with Russia’s CompTek. The Russia-based reseller of network and telecommunication equipment will help support machine-to-machine connectivity and mobility in markets like open-pit mining, underground mining, indoor warehousing, ports, and other industrial markets,[…]

Metso Outotec stands out among the mining original equipment manufacturers for having publicly acknowledged ore sorting is on its radar. The Outotec business had a relationship with TOMRA Sorting Solutions dating back to 2014 when the two companies signed an agreement that would see the particle sorting company supply Outotec-branded sorting solutions to the mining[…]

In its 2021 guidance and three year outlook, just released, Centerra Gold outlines the near future for its flagship operations, including developments and production predictions for the next few years at Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan and the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in BC, Canada. Looking first at Kumtor, operated by Kumtor Gold Company (KGC),[…]

Gold Fields has implemented both Mobilaris Onboard and Mobilaris Situational Awareness at its Granny Smith underground mine in Western Australia as part of an ongoing modernisation program. In 2018, Gold Fields launched a five-year modernisation program for the site. The first phase’s ambition is to ensure cost efficiency, productivity and a safe work environment by[…]

ABB has been awarded its first contract in China for ABB Ability™ Asset Vista Condition Monitoring by Shaanxi Chenghe Shanyang Coal Mine Co Ltd, installing the solution to streamline maintenance, minimise costs and optimise capacity at Shanyang Coal Mine in Heyang near Weinan City in China’s Shaanxi province. The digital solution has been installed at[…]

Mineral Resources Ltd’s CSI Mining Services team has reached a major milestone with the NextGen II modular crushing plant having now crushed its first ore at the BHP-owned Mt Whaleback iron ore mine in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The relocatable plant, developed by CSI and Metso Outotec, has been painted in Lifeline WA’s trademark[…]

Maptek is looking back on its roots, 40 years after geologist Bob Johnson laid foundations for the company to become a leading provider of innovative software, hardware and services for the mining industry. In the mid-1970s, Johnson opened a small bureau service above a row of shops in suburban Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to[…]

B2Gold’s strong growth path in Africa looks like continuing into future years after the company laid out preliminary plans to develop a mine in Burkina Faso that could use on-site hybrid power in addition to dual fuel haul trucks burning a mix of diesel fuel and LNG. The Vancouver-based miner reported record total production in[…]

Jord International has been tasked to develop a safer solution to filter press maintenance at BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s Caval Ridge metallurgical coal mine, in Queensland, Australia, as part of BHP’s Supplier Innovation Program challenge, launched in partnership with Austmine in 2020. The program follows a model that has operated successfully in BHP’s Minerals Americas business[…]