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Progress is being made in Chile with the CORFO-supported HYDRA Consortium project in Chile which involves the development of a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) mining truck powered by both hydrogen fuel cells and batteries, which will ultimately be installed at minesite pilot testing locations including Antofagasta Minerals’ Minera Centinela copper operation. A stationary FCEV[…]

MacLean Engineering has been a fast mover when it comes to leveraging battery-electric equipment, having announced an EV Series platform back in September 2016 and rolled out electrified machinery across its production support offering in the five-and-a-half-years since. A family-owned company with roots in Canada’s mining technology heartland – Sudbury – MacLean is continuing to[…]

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed nearly all aspects of the water discharge permit for the NorthMet project, overruling six of the seven challenges to the permit made by mining opponents and paving the way for the “reactivation” of this key permit, according to Poly Met Mining Corp Chairman, President and CEO, Jon Cherry.[…]

3GSM GmbH, a developer of software to optimise blasting and reduce inherent environmental issues, has announced several updates to its flagship BlastMetriX UAV software that, the company says, improves communication with smart drills, offers face profiling enhancements and delivers more sophisticated drill pattern analysis. Robert McClure, President of Robert A McClure (RAM) Inc of Powell,[…]

Jetti Resources has announced that Jetti and Teck Resources Ltd have signed an agreement for the evaluation of Jetti’s technology at Teck’s copper assets. Jetti’s technology could be well suited for application at a number of Teck’s assets with potential copper resources outside of existing mine plans. Jetti’s technology integrates seamlessly with existing leach technology to recover[…]

PT Liebherr Indonesia Perkasa was established on the Indonesian island of Borneo in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan in February 1997. Since then, Liebherr Indonesia has provided local representation for the Liebherr Group and its mining product portfolio. Liebherr Indonesia focuses on the distribution and service of hydraulic excavators, dozers, and off-highway trucks, and provides a range[…]

It’s only a few weeks till The Electric Mine 2022 face to face conference kicks off in Stockholm, Sweden. The event looks at mine electrification on both the underground and open pit fronts; and Gold Sponsor Komatsu Mining has confirmed two in-depth presentations, covering how mining companies can action their zero emissons targets on the[…]

ABB has released a new version of ABB Ability™ Predictive Maintenance for grinding which allows users to obtain real-time notifications on gearless mill drive (GMD) systems from a mobile app. The upgrade also means that ABB Ability Predictive Maintenance for grinding is now cloud-based instead of sited on premises. The Grinding Connect mobile app, available[…]

Howden says it has won a contract to supply a cooling system for the expansion of OZ Minerals’ Prominent Hill mine in South Australia. The solution provided by Howden will be for the complete mine cooling system, with Howden’s equipment ensuring safe productive outcomes at depth and additional efficiencies to reduce environmental impact for current[…]

Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ) and the Government of Mongolia have reached an agreement that, Rio says, will move the Oyu Tolgoi (OT) project forward, resetting the relationship between the partners and increasing the value the project delivers for Mongolia. As a result, the OT Board, comprised of representatives of Rio Tinto, TRQ and[…]