In July 2022, Komatsu Middle East and Karachi-based engineering firm Jaffer Brothers completed the assembly of the first of a new fleet of Komatsu 91 t HD785-7 haulers, the largest mining trucks introduced to date in Pakistan. The trucks have been imported for Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC)’s Thar Block 2 Coalfield Project as[…]
Aggreko, a leading provider of mobile and modular power solutions, has successfully deployed a remote power project at an exploration project in Canada using its virtual pipeline power approach. The solution enabled Labyrinth Resources Limited to complete a challenging mining exploration project while reducing CO2 emissions and fuel costs, according to the company. Labyrinth needed[…]
To help China’s mining industry achieve meaningful carbon reduction as part of a green mining energy revolution, in March 2022, leading Chinese mining truck OEM Inner Mongolia North Hauler Joint Stock Co Ltd has signed a cooperation agreement with Inner Mongolia Electric Investment Energy Co Ltd to jointly develop a 136 t (150 short ton)[…]
RCT says it has been selected as the preferred automation partner of Kalgoorlie-based contract mining company WestAuz Mining. Westauz Mining is an underground mining specialist planning to equip two of its Komatsu WX07 7-t-payload LHDs with RCT’s Digital Automation solution. These loaders will be deployed at the Norseman Project, a gold mine site located in[…]
Coal India Ltd has begun mining operations with excavators manufactured by the Russian company IZ-KARTEX, a part of the Russian UZTM-KARTEX Group, which has been detailed in an article shared by Frontier India News Network. The EKG-20 was supplied under a contract for the supply of 11 machines with a bucket capacity of 22 cubic[…]
To upgrade and consolidate multiple functions into a single location, Komatsu is building a significantly expanded office and administration building on its manufacturing campus in Longview, Texas, USA. Last month the company broke ground for the new 56,000-sq.ft (5,202 sq.m) building at 2400 S. MacArthur St. and is targeting a move-in date of December 2023.[…]
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a C$14.8 million ($11.4 million), two-year contract to provide design and engineering services for the Pedra de Ferro project in northeast Brazil for BAMIN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ERG. The Pedra de Ferro project involves an iron ore mining operation in the state of Bahia that extracts and processes two types[…]
Martin Engineering, a leader in industrial bulk handling, has helped Lundin Mining’s Eagle Mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with clogging and downtime issues, resolving these problems and improving material flow with powerful and compact air cannon technology. Martin Engineering installed the cannons in a chute carrying damp fines through the refining process at Eagle, with[…]
Capstone Copper Corp says it has committed to the Copper Mark at its Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde operations in Chile. The Copper Mark is an assurance framework to promote responsible production practices and demonstrate the industry’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Within one year, Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde will be assessed and[…]
In 2021, Chinese mining truck OEM Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd (XEMC), whose mining equipment now comes under Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group Heavy Equipment (XEG), as part of a contract with energy company SPIC, converted a 108 t class SF31904 AC drive rigid truck to run on all electric lithium battery power in Huolinhe coal[…]