Realising the vision of a world of clean energy brings the issue of metal supply into sharp focus, with major and sustained increases required to meet growing demands, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Ellen Thomson* writes. With copper, for example, there are predictions of a shortfall of 15 Mt per annum by 2034 based on the current[…]
Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screens, part of Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions, has announced what it says is a new first-of-its-kind, three-deck tracked mobile plant with independent screen angle adjustment and hydraulic screen separation in the form of its QA452. The latest evolution of the Sandvik QA Series products and three-deck Doublescreen technology, the QA452 features[…]
As Develop starts underground work at Bellevue Gold’s Bellevue Mine in Western Australia, it is bolstering its contract mining resources through a planned acquisition of Premium Group. The Premium Group is a well-established provider of specialist mining personnel and equipment to the underground mining industry, according to Develop. The two parties have entered into a[…]
Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has launched the latest solution to its EcoStruxure™ Plant Advisor platform specifically for the mining and cement industries. EcoStruxure™ Plant Advisor – Process Intelligence uses Artificial intelligence (AI), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and an open platform philosophy to improve sustainability and[…]
A 2,800 t/h MRA ore sorting installation at First Quantum Minerals’ Kansanshi copper mine in Zambia is now fully commissioned and using diversion hardware, Chris Beal, CEO of NextOre, told RFC Ambrian and Stonegate Capital Partners’ Copper Pathway to 2030 webinar on Tuesday. Presenting alongside speakers from RFC Ambrian, Oroco Resource Corp and First Quantum[…]
In Chile, Finning has announced that it will deliver 13 Caterpillar 798 AC electric drive off-highway trucks (410 ton/372 t class) to Codelco’s Ministro Hales open pit copper mine and support the fleet under a 10-year maintenance and repair contract. It expects to start delivering the new trucks in the second half of 2022. These[…]
ABB has launched ABB Ability™ NGX Hoist Control, an automated, digital hoist control system evolved from ABB’s reliable and proven past generations of hoist control systems, to enable mining companies to operate hoists with high levels of performance and safety using a standardised platform worldwide. The company says it brings new levels of reliability, flexibility[…]
Artemis Gold Inc, following a competitive bid process, has executed binding agreements with Finning (Canada), a division of Finning International Inc, for the supply of a primary and ancillary mining fleet for the company’s Blackwater gold project in British Columbia, Canada, along with an agreement with Caterpillar that could lead to the deployment of zero-emission[…]
Caterpillar’s series of Trials are films designed to put its products, services and technology to the test in innovative, imaginative and often lighthearted ways; and as such they uniquely bring the capabilities of the equipment to a much wider audience outside of just construction and mining. Trial 1 back in 2014 saw Cat® attachments fitted[…]
A new report from multi-disciplinary engineering, operational and development project, Hatch, estimates Australia’s mining waste can be reduced by 30% using already available technologies. One of the biggest challenges currently facing the mining industry is managing the volume of tailings generated as minerals mining ramps up to meet the demands of the transition to renewable[…]