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Atlas Copco Power and Flow has launched a next-generation electric submersible dewatering pump, the WEDA D95, incorporating what it says is state-of-the-art Wear Deflector Technology (WDT). The robust and reliable pump delivers best-in-class performance over a longer lifetime than comparable pumps in heavily-abrasive environments such as mining, tunnelling and construction, and enables operators to improve[…]

Its its just released 2022 Climate Change Report, global diversified miner Glencore outlines some details with regard to its approach, both near and long term, to reducing its Scope 1 carbon emissions. It says: “While most of our more immediate abatement opportunities are associated with the reduction of our Scope 2 emissions, we have identified[…]

Eldorado Gold is looking to take its next mobile equipment electrification step, with the company set to receive its first battery-electric truck in June for use at the Lamaque underground mine in Quebec, Canada. The Vancouver-headquartered company has already trialled a battery-electric Normet SmartDrive concrete transportation vehicle at its Efemçukuru gold mine, in Türkiye, as[…]

Komatsu has announced plans for a construction project adding a new, nearly 50,000-sq.ft (4,645 sq.m) warehouse to its service centre campus in Elko, Nevada. The warehouse will expand local parts support for mining and construction customers in the Nevada region. Planned for completion in early 2024, the new warehouse will be located adjacent to Komatsu’s[…]

Haver & Boecker Niagara has added the Cap & Slide and Pin & Anchor deck frame systems to its expanding line of lock-bolted deck frame technology. The new deck frames offer the availability of bolt-on convenience for pin and sleeve and groove style modular screen media. The innovative design of the lock-bolted deck frames was introduced[…]

Shaanxi Tonly Heavy Industries Co Ltd, one of the leading Chinese OEM players in wide body mining dump trucks, has begun a strategic cooperation with Whittier, California-based Ecotron to develop unmanned driving technology for mining trucks. The Ecotron statement said: “With the increasing promotion of smart mining construction, unmanned mining trucks have become a new[…]

In February 2023, Hyundai Doosan Infracore celebrated production of the 10,000th Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) from the company’s plant at Elnesvågen outside Molde in Norway. Plus there was even more to acknowledge with the 10,000th unit as it is the first machine in Europe to officially carry the colours of the company’s new DEVELON brand[…]

In support of its planned strategic growth of the company’s hard rock mining business, Komatsu is investing millions to transform its Sudbury, Ontario, Canada operations. The move supports Komatsu’s strategies of delivering high customer satisfaction while supporting business growth through successful supplier and manufacturing networks. The transformation of Komatsu’s hard rock operations is planned to being[…]

Novamera says it has completed an in-field demonstration of its surgical mining technologies, sponsored by Vale, OZ Minerals and a leading global gold producer, with the results set to be presented shortly. The in-field demonstration, completed in late 2022, took place in Baie Verte, Newfoundland, and highlighted the technical capabilities of the proprietary guidance tool,[…]

Epiroc says it has won a large order from JCHX Mining and Construction Ltd for equipment to be used at the Kipushi underground project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kipushi is an underground mine that is reopening under the leadership of Kipushi Corporation, a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines of Canada and Gécamines,[…]