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Smelter staff and heavy equipment operators are benefitting from RCT’s deployment of machine-mounted safety lighting solutions at a major smelting operation in Queensland, Australia, according to the technology company. RCT’s Mt Isa team worked in partnership with mine site managers to develop the solution as part of the company’s initiatives to safeguard operations inside the[…]

Lives could soon be at stake if the mining industry doesn’t make cyber security a business priority and safeguard against increasingly sophisticated attacks, according to experts in the field. With the sector’s growing reliance on technology across the entire value chain, cyber security is a key issue that will be discussed at the International Mining[…]

Carbon reduction company First Mode has announced a first-of-its-kind proving grounds for ultra-class mining haul trucks in Washington state. Located 90 minutes south of Seattle in Centralia, the First Mode Proving Grounds enables the company to test and optimise the next generation of zero-emission ultra-class haul trucks, and the associated hydrogen refueling infrastructure, that will[…]

Astec Industries’ Materials Solutions Group has launched its newest mobile rock breaker, the BreakerBOSS 5D. This new mobile mining product is used for breaking oversized rock in underground mines; typically broken at draw points and grizzly stations where rock must keep flowing. The BreakerBOSS 5D is configured with a standard Deutz, 177 hp (132 kW),[…]

Rolls-Royce says it is taking an important step towards a more climate-friendly future in construction equipment, industrial applications, agriculture and mining with the approval of mtu Series 1000, 1100, 1300, 1500 and 4000 engines for sustainable fuels. The mtu Series 1000, 1100, 1300 and 1500 engines – and therefore the entire Rolls-Royce product portfolio for[…]

Dana Incorporated has announced the introduction of its Spicer Electrified™eSP502 e-Transmission, a flexible platform designed to support the electrification of vehicles across the construction, mining, material handling and forestry markets. Available for order today, the e-Transmission is  on display as part of Dana’s exhibit at Bauma 2022, in Munich, Germany. Leveraging Dana’s powershift technology, the eSP502[…]

Clariant Mining Solutions has opened a dedicated global Competence Center for Decarbonization Minerals (CCDM) at the Dubai Science Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This laboratory is designed to meet the increasing global demand for solutions to process decarbonisation minerals more efficiently, it said. The decarbonisation of the production and transportation of goods and[…]

Berco has introduced a new data-driven approach at Bauma 2022, in Munich, Germany, launching a patented ‘Smart Undercarriage’ system to reinforce this move. A leading global manufacturer and supplier of undercarriage parts for the world’s leading manufacturers of tracked construction equipment, Berco says data is playing a strategic role in supporting customers and developing system[…]

The Copper Mark says it is launching the pilot implementation of the Molybdenum, Nickel and Zinc Marks, in an effort to bring the assurance framework to more markets. Producers of these metals are able to use the Copper Mark assurance framework to achieve their respective “Mark”, thereby signaling their leadership in sustainability and responsible production[…]

Technology companies ABB and FLSmidth have announced that they will share expertise under a new agreement. The two technology leaders “will collaborate to investigate ways to support the transition to carbon-neutral mining operations. ABB and FLSmidth will use their combined strengths across technology, equipment, mineral processing expertise, automation, electrification and digital solutions.” The companies will[…]