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Finding a solution for autonomous face drilling will be a major step toward fully automated underground mining. A collaborative project between equal partners Epiroc, Boliden, Algoryx and Örebro University that is scheduled to run until 2025 the partners say can hopefully come up with a working solution. Epiroc states: “Face drilling is already automated in[…]

BQE Water, a leader in the treatment and management of mine impacted waters, has entered into a contract with the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources of the Yukon Government to provide expertise and support with water management at Minto mine, in central Yukon and on settlement land of the Selkirk First Nation. Under the[…]

Thiess has been awarded an A$240 million nickel mining contract with PT Halmahera Sukses Mineral, marking Thiess’ second successful venture in the Indonesian nickel market this year and reflecting its capability to deliver world-class mining solutions for the metals industry. During this 3.5 year contract, Thiess will deliver full mining operations including mine development, haul[…]

LCS Cable Cranes GmbH has been commissioned to find a solution for maintenance and monitoring activities on tailings ponds or a conventional dam in mining, devising its QXcrane system in the process. For these activities, entering the work area is life-threatening due to dam breaches or earth movements. Therefore, in order to carry out these[…]

On August 26, Lingong Machinery Group (LGMG) held a Global Partner Conference in the city of Jinan, Shandong Province, China. Industry experts from over 60 countries around the world attended the conference. EACON, as LGMG’s autonomous driving partner, gave an address to attendees.  During the conference, EACON and LGMG held a strategic partnership signing ceremony.[…]

Global engineering, procurement and construction company Bechtel has chosen Latin American equipment remarketing experts Elebbre to manage an auction of its equipment from a major mines’ expansion and desalination plant construction – all underpinned by the latest auction technology from Krank. The expansion of the world’s largest copper mine in northern Chile has prompted a[…]

Alien Metals Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Iron Ore Company of Australia Pty Ltd (IOCA), has selected Rapid Crushing & Screening Contractors Pty Ltd as its preferred supplier to undertake the crushing and screening operations at the flagship Hancock iron ore project in the Pilbara of Western Australia. IOCA says it has conducted a competitive market engagement[…]

WesTrac and its subsidiary Hushpak have delivered what they say is as an innovative sound suppression solution to The Bloomfield Group that has reduced the noise output of 19 Cat 793F mining trucks. Managing the sound output from heavy machinery can be a challenging task on mine sites, but this is starting to become easier[…]

Fortescue has reflected on rapid progress with its green zero emissions technology strategy in its just released Climate, Sustainability and Annual Reports. In FY23 (July 2022 to July 2023), Fortescue deployed its first prototypes on site and in June 2023, its first battery electric haul truck arrived at Christmas Creek. The ‘Roadrunner,’ based on a converted 240[…]

Marula Mining, an African focused mining and development company, has provided an update on the Blesberg lithium and tantalum mine, where the company through arrangements with Q Global Commodities is completing the acquisition of two sensor-based, XRF ore sorting plants that will now be commissioned at Blesberg in Q4 2023 and used initially to increase[…]