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Haver & Boecker Niagara, a leader in screening and pelletising technologies since 1872, has acquired partial ownership in Tandem Products Inc, a long-standing family-owned polyurethane producer of open-cast screen media and liners for the mining, concrete, industrial and grain industries. Haver & Boecker Niagara’s parent company, Haver & Boecker OHG, is a fifth-generation family-owned business[…]

Volvo CE recently launched its all-new E-generation R60 Rigid Hauler, which it describes as the perfect partner for heavy-duty quarrying and mining. The OEM stated: “Built for markets with Tier 2-compliant engines and based on the R100E model, the R60 packs a higher payload than the D-generation model it replaces, along with a durable design[…]

Ore sorting has been shown to provide both economic and environmental benefits, but many mines are not yet fully utilising this technology, according to HPY Technology. Yet, the company’s ore sorting machines are providing a breakthrough solution for Fankou, one of Asia’s largest lead and zinc mines, resulting in an annual revenue increase of around[…]

Fortescue Metals Group has reported that the first wet concentrate has been produced from the ore processing facility at the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project, ahead of being pumped to Port Hedland in Western Australia. The company, which is the majority owner of Iron Bridge through its ownership in an unincorporated joint venture between FMG Magnetite[…]

Gold Fields Limited has announced a new consortium of eight global mining companies has launched a multi-year initiative to develop and implement new technological applications for managing tailings. The GeoStable Tailings Consortium (GSTC) comprises Antamina, Barrick, BHP, Freeport-McMoRan, Gold Fields, Newmont, Teck and Vale, with external expert support provided by Dr G Ward Wilson of[…]

Gekko Systems says a third InLine Leach Reactor (ILR) has been successfully commissioned at Avesoro Resources’ New Liberty gold mine in Liberia. This installation, expected to further enhance gold recovery and decrease processing costs at Liberia’s first and largest commercial gold mine, is one of several Gekko has completed across Africa. Other notable ILR deployments[…]

Epiroc has become the first company in the mining industry to sign a delivery agreement with Swedish steelmaker SSAB for SSAB Zero™, a product made of recycled steel and produced with fossil-free electricity and biogas. The steel will be used in Epiroc’s battery-electric range of underground mine trucks and loaders, set to be introduced as[…]

Mineral Resources says its Onslow Iron project has reached a major milestone with the successful launch of Western Australia’s first shallow draft and fully enclosed transhipper. Transhippers, designed by MinRes in collaboration with naval architects, as well as local and international engineering firms, are key to this large iron ore project. The vessels significantly reduce[…]

WAE Technologies, the world-leading technology and engineering services business, has launched Elysia, its battery intelligence software offering “designed to unlock significant improvements in the life, safety, usable energy, power, and rapid charging times of any battery system.” Elysia it says brings game-changing battery insight, management, and optimisation of batteries to the mass market for the[…]

XCMG Machinery, the Chinese construction and mining equipment manufacturing major, has released three new mining machinery products, including the XE690DK mining excavator, XDR80TE-AT autonomous electric dump truck, and XDE240 mining dump truck, which it says will better support global mining operations and infrastructure construction projects. The XE690DK mining excavator is one of XCMG’s best-selling models,[…]