With a loading capacity of up to 14 t and without the generation of direct greenhouse gas emissions, the first 100% electric LHD in South America, an Epiroc ST14, is advancing in its tests phase at Codelco’s El Teniente Division, the world’s largest underground copper mining complex. The equipment, which has been in operation since[…]
Boart Longyear Group Ltd has announced that its Geological Data Services division will now operate as a separate entity called Veracio. Veracio it says “is ideally suited to combine science and digital technologies in a single, integrated platform and help mining companies get more value from their orebody data, faster, while mitigating the environmental impact[…]
A key part of the acquisition of TK Mining by FLSmidth was bringing in TK’s installed base of HPGRs in mining plus its market leading HPGR technology – FLSmidth says the design has been proven in the market to offer up to 20% increased throughput capacity, 15% energy savings, and as much as 30% extended roll[…]
Anglo Asian Mining says it has placed orders for the major items of equipment required for production from its new Zafar and Gilar mines in Azerbaijan, with a fleet made up of Epiroc drills, Caterpillar loaders and auxiliary machines from the likes of Paus and Tunelmak. The company has also made progress with the upgrades[…]
The Thiess team at the Melak coal mine in Indonesia, celebrated the opening of the new Benggeris workshop with an inauguration ceremony in December. The new workshop is located closer to the Benggeris pit than the original workshop, which allows the team to more effectively support the work in the pit and deliver for the[…]
Increased time between overhauls, effective reduction of fuel consumption and costs as well as savings in carbon emissions; crowned by unbeatable aftersales support. Rolls-Royce says this was the result of a repowering of haul trucks at one of Yancoal’s open-cut coal mines in Australia’s Hunter Valley with state-of-the-art mtu engine solutions by Penske Australia. It adds that[…]
Teck Resources Ltd has announced today the reorganisation of its business to separate Teck into two independent, publicly-listed companies: Teck Metals Corp and Elk Valley Resources Ltd. The separation it said “will create two world-class resource companies and provide investors with choice for allocating investment between two businesses with different commodity fundamentals and value propositions.”[…]
A small town in central Finland with less than 5,000 inhabitants seems an unlikely place for a world-class underground research facility and advanced business ecosystem, but the Callio FutureMINE project is nonetheless at the cutting edge of mining and tunnelling R&D, according to one of the companies involved in the project. The Callio FutureMINE project[…]
Jetti Resources has reached an agreement with Sociedad Contractual Minera El Abra and Freeport-McMoRan to deploy Jetti’s leaching technology at the El Abra copper mine in Chile, majority-owned and operated by Freeport. The use of Jetti’s technology will enable El Abra to produce more copper while taking advantage of existing infrastructure and will generate strong[…]
Fordia Powered by Epiroc is set to unveil the DiscovOre Prime coring system at the PDAC 2023 global mineral exploration & mining conference, being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from March 5-8. The new product is said to be safer, faster, and lighter. Following the 2018 launch of the DiscovOre head assembly and[…]