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MaxMine has been talking up the potential of data in the quest for reducing emissions and boosting productivity at mine sites, with Tom Cawley, Executive Chair and Interim CEO, arguing that there is still plenty of low hanging fruit for mining companies to leverage on their way to achieving longer-term net zero mining targets. MaxMine,[…]

Chinese underground mining contractor JCHX Mining Management has formally secured yet another major new mining services contract in Africa valued at $194.6 million for a zinc and copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The contract was awarded to Kingko Mining, JCHX’s subsidiary operating in the DRC, by Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines, owner of the[…]

While Michelin and Bridgestone tend to always battle it out globally for mining’s big 57 in and 63 in radial tyre contracts with the Tier 1 miners – Goodyear, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, has always been the third player in the premium market, often able to step in with sizeable radial allocations for mid-tier miners,[…]

Leadership teams from NSS Canada and Komatsu joined this week to celebrate the official signing of their MoU as well as an initial commercial agreement that will see Komatsu use and supply NSS Canada’s current versions of MOSS and MOSS AR for use with Komatsu drills, and the drilling retrofits business with support from the[…]

Early in 2023, PT Pamapersada Nusantara (PAMA), one of Indonesia’s largest mining contractors, began a partnership with cutting-edge British technology and engineering company, McLaren Applied, to immediately expedite the process of decarbonising its operations.   With fuel representing 25-30% of a mine’s operating expenses, any gain in efficiency can have a large impact on pollution, productivity[…]

The RISE test facility AstaZero in Sandhult, Sweden, is expanding its offerings and testing capabilities. This expansion is highlighted by the introduction of the automated testing facility ‘Generic Site,’ described as “a remarkable achievement that enables full-scale testing of off-road automated vehicles and their digital systems.” RISE is an independent, state-owned research institute and acts[…]

ABB and Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group (BBRG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to jointly explore the evolution of service capabilities for mine hoist systems located in customer sites worldwide. There are more than 600 active production and service mine hoists within ABB’s global installed base and now there is an opportunity together with[…]

m3connect, a provider of wireless connectivity, recently reached a milestone with the installation and testing of a private 5G network in an open-cast mine belonging to Nivelsteiner Sandwerke and Sandsteinbrüche GmbH in Herzogenrat, Germany. This study was commissioned by the Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) at RWTH Aachen University and aims to evaluate the[…]

Epiroc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Byrnecut, one of the world’s largest underground mining contractors, to partner on the development of the next generation of electric drive underground loaders. The companies will work together in partnership to develop and test a proof of concept for the large underground loader segment with the aim[…]

Grinding mill shell specialist CITIC Censa recently shipped three complete SAG mill shells (in six sections) from its facility in Pontevedra, Spain to Lundin Mining’s Josemaria copper-gold mine, located in the province of San Juan in Argentina, on the border with Chile. CITIC Censa is part of Chinese mineral processing equipment major CITIC Heavy Industries, based in Luoyang. CITIC[…]