Archives: Bulk handling

Vale has reported its Q1 2024 results, where the stand out figures are for iron ore whose production increased from 66.8 Mt in Q1 2023 to 70.8 Mt in Q1 2024. A big bonus was seen in its Northern System, namely at S11D in Para state, Brazil, where iron ore production was up by 1.4[…]

Papua New Guinea copper & gold mining major Ok Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) has announced a record production result for the first quarter of 2024, with an achievement of 26,114 dry metric tonnes (dmt) of copper, marking a substantial increase of 61% compared to the same period last year which was 16,265 dmt. This record[…]

More specifics on one of the major miners set to get Caterpillar’s highly anticipated early learner battery electric haul trucks. In its just published 2023 Sustainability Report, Freeport McMoRan says that it is “planning a trial with Caterpillar of an electric prototype truck at Sierrita in late 2024.” This will be among a group of early[…]

At the MINEXCHANGE SME conference in February 2024 in Phoenix, Wenco International Mining Systems’ President and CEO, Andrew Pyne, presented on open autonomy. He began by suggesting that it may not be business as usual for AHS in the medium to long term. “What we’ve seen in mining, is that the adoption of autonomy in[…]

Innovation in drivetrain technology is important to help increase mining efficiency and productivity. While the mechanical concept has been tuned to excellence over many years, Flender says it is helping pioneer symbiosis of mechanics and digitalisation to open a long awaited next chapter in mechanical drive solutions. It says digitalisation promises a significant reduction in[…]

Murray & Roberts has announced that its subsidiary Terra Nova Technologies, Inc (TNT), in joint venture with Ingeniería y Construcción Sigdo Koppers SA, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with a large copper producer for a mine in South America. The contract value is approximately US$200 million, with TNT’s share in[…]

Boliden, Epiroc and ABB have passed a new technology milestone by successfully deploying the first fully battery-electric truck trolley system on an 800 m long underground mine test track in Sweden, with a 13% incline. The partners say this means the mining industry is a step closer to realising the all-electric mine of the future,[…]

Datamine has announced an expansion of its asset management solution offering through parent company Vela’s acquisition of Samtech. Based in Santiago, Chile, Samtech has more than 600 customers and is a leading supplier of fleet management, machine performance and telematics software and hardware. Samtech’s fleet management solution enables comprehensive monitoring and traceability of heavy, light and[…]

Komatsu has announced the official handover of a P&H 4800XPC rope shovel to Anglo American, at the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane, South Africa. This is the largest rope shovel in the world with a 135 ton payload and only the second of its kind, the first one having gone to work at Teck’s Fording[…]

Innomotics, a Siemens Business, has partnered with Anglo American, one of the world’s leading mining companies, to develop a digital mining solution for Quellaveco copper mine, in Peru. In this context, Innomotics has provided a suite of Siemens technologies, to help Anglo American engineer, monitor, manage and run the mining operations from the earliest stages[…]