News Archive

May 2021
06 May 2021
Austmine facilitates Charge On Innovation Challenge mining truck electrification initiative with BHP, Rio Tinto & Vale as founding patrons
Just two months after the announcement of the Electric Mine Consortium, BHP, Rio Tinto and...
06 May 2021
Wenco acquires SmartCap, the world’s leading fatigue monitoring wearable device
Wenco International Mining Systems Ltd has announced its purchase of all assets and intellectual property...
06 May 2021
Cat autonomous mining trucks pass 3 billion tonnes hauled across 17 mine sites
Caterpillar has announced an additional 1 billion tonnes of material hauled by autonomous trucks using Cat® MineStar™ Command...
05 May 2021
Kamoa-Kakula copper mine in DRC to invest in latest battery electric & fuel cell technologies for underground mobile fleet
Robert Friedland, Ivanhoe Mines’ Executive Co-Chair, announced today that Ivanhoe Mines has pledged to achieve...
05 May 2021
Connected fixed mine lighting as a conduit for plant wireless coverage
Australia's Coolon LED Lighting is one of the companies changing mine lighting from being viewed...
05 May 2021
Researchers target a more sustainable mining future with electrokinetic in situ leaching (EK-ISL) of metallic ores
A team of international researchers, including Dr Rich Crane from the Camborne School of Mines,...
05 May 2021
TOMRA Sorting Mining widens its offer with Visual Assist as digitalisation in the mining sector accelerates
TOMRA says it is tapping the potential of digitalisation with a constantly expanding offer of...
05 May 2021
Teck adds more autonomous mining trucks plus battery copper concentrate road hauler to be introduced
Teck's RACE21™ innovation-driven efficiency program covers many bases. On the autonomy side, the company is...
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05 May 2021
FEATURE ARTICLE – Mining Trucks
The mining haul truck market is changing fast, as mining groups commit to decarbonisation targets...
05 May 2021
Weba says no secret to getting real value from chutes – OEM knowledge and maintenance is key
General maintenance service providers often show little respect for the engineering design of specialised on-mine...
05 May 2021
Sub-zero, high altitude Kyrgyz gold mine challenge for Trafo transformer
In one of its latest achievements, Johannesburg-based Trafo Power Solutions has designed and supplied a...
05 May 2021
Kamoa-Kakula copper mine dewatering tailings for backfill with FLSmidth vacuum disc filters
FLSmidth vacuum disc filters are playing a vital role in preparing tailings slurry for a...