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Nouveau Monde Graphite has awarded ABB a contract to supply, construct and commission the 120 kV substation for its Phase-2 Matawinie mine in the province of Quebec, Canada, as part of the construction preparation for the establishment of a 103,000 t/y graphite mining and concentrator complex. Located 120 km north of Montreal, the Matawinie mine[…]

In July, SANY launched its Smart Mining Solution 3.0 in China, addressing it says the common pain points of conventional open-pit mining, like difficulties in quantifying stripping plans, lack of real-time operational feedback, vehicle inefficiencies, and fragmented safety management. Key features include smarter construction planning; as optimised stripping paths and digitalised road networks help dispatch[…]

FLSmidth’s PerformanceIQ services were first launched at the PERUMIN conference in 2022. Since then, the company says that its positive impact on performance and productivity can be seen in the regions where the services have been launched. With the inauguration recently of the Global PerformanceIQ Hub located in its Global Product and Technology Centre in[…]

ABB showcased its comprehensive portfolio tailored for the mining and aggregate industries at MINExpo 2024 this week: a portfolio that includes industrial electric motors, variable speed drives, services for motors, generators, drives and e-mobility solutions designed for the mining sector. “From cellphones to electric vehicles, batteries and wind farms, virtually every aspect of modern life[…]

Wärtsilä will supply the engines and auxiliary equipment for a power plant being installed at the Boto gold mine in Senegal. The order, which was booked by Wärtsilä in the March quarter of 2024, has been placed by Africa Power Services (APS), the France-based main contractor for the engineering, procurement and construction of the power[…]

Fortescue and Scania have agreed to jointly develop and validate a fully integrated autonomous road train solution, leveraging Scania’s technology in truck automation and Fortescue’s own Fleet Management System (FMS). The autonomous solution would be developed, tested and validated in partnership at Fortescue’s iron ore operations at Christmas Creek. “By utilising Scania’s extensive knowledge in[…]

At MINExpo 2024, Liebherr showcased many new developments and innovations including its latest generation 70 t dozer, the PR 776 G8; the R 9400 E 350 t electric excavator; and its first autonomous battery-electric T 264 haul truck. It also highlighted its expanded technology portfolio, IoMine and the LRT 1100-2.1 rough-terrain crane. However, the stand also featured Liebherr’s Innovation Lab which[…]

One of the largest rough diamonds in recorded history, a 2,492-ct stone, was recovered recently by Lucara Diamond Corp. with TOMRA X-Ray Transmission (XRT) technology aiding the recovery at the Karowe mine in Botswana. This extraordinary diamond is the latest of many impressive record-breaking recoveries achieved at the mine’s Mega Diamond Recovery Plant since the[…]

Epiroc and Fortescue, this week, announced the handover of Australia’s first Pit Viper 271 E (PV271E) electric-driven blasthole drill rig at MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas. Marking a key milestone in Fortescue’s decarbonisation journey, the PV271E will soon be deployed at Fortescue’s Pilbara iron ore operations making it the first electric PV271 in Australia to[…]

RPMGlobal (RPM), a leader in mining software technology, has announced its new fleet optimisation solution at MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. FleetOptimiser continues RPM’s journey towards cloud-based solutions, offering a product designed for customers to calculate and optimise their trucking requirements for a shift, the company says. The solution combines a 3D, visual user[…]