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Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group in Australia has earned a five–year contract to provide mining tyre management and maintenance services at Roy Hill, the world class open pit iron ore mine with one of the largest fleets in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and growing. Technicians will begin mobilising April 1st, 2022, bringing nearly[…]

Bridgestone has launched a new rigid dump truck tyre along with a real-time tyre monitoring system at the AGG1 Aggregates Academy & Expo in Nashville, Tennessee. Its 3-star rigid dump truck tyre is an expansion of its 24.00R35 product portfolio, a line-up specially developed for mid-sized rigid dump trucks to carry hefty loads on flat[…]

MTN Business, Huawei Technologies South Africa, Miniandante Mining Company and Minetec Smart Mining have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to offer 5G technologies equipment and connectivity. The agreement will allow MTN Business and Huawei to provide 5G equipment and connectivity and aims to provide high-speed 5G broadband access and security assurance throughout the mining[…]

FLSmidth has been chosen to supply the SAG mills, ball mills and cyclones to Josemaria Resources’ 150,000 t/d copper-gold project in the San Juan Province of Argentina. Approximately DKK110 million ($16.3 million) of the DKK600 million order was booked in the December quarter, with the remaining amount, around DKK490 million, booked in the March quarter[…]

Orexplore Technologies says it has signed a binding agreement with Wiluna Mining Corp to deliver site-based drill core scanning services for the ASX-listed gold miner at its namesake operation in Western Australia. The globally focused mineral scanning technology company says the purchase order is valued at A$170,000 ($127,418) and covers a two-month agreement for the[…]

The value a ‘true’ digital twin could provide the mineral processing and metallurgical industries has been spoken of continuously throughout the last few years, and Metso Outotec believes it is on the cusp of realising such value with its “science-based” Metso Outotec Geminex™ digital twin. Designed to manage variability and optimise resources, the solution simulates[…]

xtonomy, now a full spin off company from indurad GmbH – the industrial radar company – was set up to transform large mobile machines to work autonomously in the roughest mining and industrial environments. Christian Riedel, the Managing Director, told IM: “We provide autonomy everywhere. Our Autonomous Haulage System [AHS] for trucks finds application in[…]

Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has welcomed Ma’aden to its membership, the first mining company from Saudi Arabia to do so. A fast-growing enterprise that includes a mineral portfolio of phosphate, aluminium, gold, copper and other commodities, Ma’aden continues to diversify its portfolio to encompass a wide range of industries, GMG said. It added: “The[…]

Epiroc has introduced the DM30 XC blasthole drill for a variety of multi-pass rotary and down-the-hole (DTH) drilling applications, offering, the company says, 33% more power and many benefits to customers. Built off the same platform as the Epiroc DM30 II, the DM30 XC is designed for maximum productivity and efficiency due to increased rotary[…]

The international mineral exploration and mining industry is once again gearing up for the annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) Convention in Toronto, following its first virtual convention in 2021. This year signifies the return of the in person event from June 13-15, as well as an online portion from June 28-29. This[…]