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GHH, the German manufacturer of machines for mining and tunnelling industries, has agreed a partnership with the Japanese machine and truck distributor Marubeni Dağıtım ve Servis, in Türkiye, opening up growth opportunities for both companies far beyond the country’s borders. As one of the major distributors of heavy machinery in Türkiye, Marubeni Dağıtım ve Servis[…]

NRW Holdings Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, Golding Contractors Pty Ltd, has signed a variation to its existing five-year mining services agreement with Jellinbah Mining Pty Ltd at the Jellinbah East coal mine in central Queensland, Australia. The scope of the variation includes operating and maintaining a second 600-t excavator and 220-t rear dump truck fleet[…]

EACON says it has received another $44.5 million in Series C++ financing, led by Zijin Mining and Minxi Xinghang, enabling it to scale up its technology, product R&D and mining area operation management as part of its autonomous haulage developments. Including series C and series C+ financing, EACON has now completed equity financing of $97.3[…]

While large fleets of battery electric trucks in mining remain the ultimate goal for the big mining houses, there is a recognition that major challenges remain in terms of charging strategy, the use of existing fleets plus just the readiness of the large battery electric equipment in energy density terms for full operational deployment, with[…]

Beijing MMD Mining Machinery Co Ltd, on behalf of MMD Group, has signed a major contract with Winning Consortium and Baowu for the delivery of three Semi-Mobile Sizing Stations (SMSS) for the Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) iron ore project in Guinea. In November 2019, Winning Consortium Simandou, led by Singapore’s Winning International Group, was awarded[…]

Sibelco’s china-clay Cornwood quarry in Devon, UK, has, today, played host to the launch of an autonomous ADT designed to help future proof the effectiveness and competitiveness of extractive operations such as mining within the minerals and aggregates industry. The development of autonomous driving capability opens the door to a range of operational efficiency, safety,[…]

Johnson Controls has launched the ANSUL® N-101 Clean Agent Vehicle Fire Suppression System, a solution that is specially designed to protect energised electrical equipment inside unoccupied electrical cabinets on board heavy industrial vehicles. Using a naturally occurring zero-global warming potential (0 GWP) nitrogen agent, the ANSUL N-101 system provides a sustainable and electrically non-conductive fire[…]

One of the largest alumina refineries in Australia needed to replace an ageing ball mill critical to its operation, with Xtreme Engineering, a heavy fabrication company, partnering with Mammoet to provide a solution for the exchange and replacement of the old and new equipment. The mill was located in the centre of the plant, making[…]

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd has awarded Western Australia-based company Carey Group Holdings a five-year contract for mining services at Lynas’ Mt Weld rare earths mine near Laverton. The contract will draw on Carey’s nearly 30 years of experience as an open-pit mining contractor and leading 100% First Nations-owned business, including as a service provider to[…]

Komatsu Ltd has announced that the number of commercial deployments of its Komatsu FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), on mining trucks has surpassed 700 as of February 2024. This includes over 100 units of the 980E-AT, one of the world’s largest ultra-class dump trucks, capable of carrying 400 tons. The 700th AHS truck was deployed[…]