Archives: Bulk handling

Back in June 2020, IM exclusively reported on BELAZ’s plans for an all battery electric 90 t class haul truck, the 7558E, the first unit of which was to be ready by the end of the year. With the pandemic the project has slowed somewhat but the prototype was duly built, using 15 lithium nickel[…]

RPMGlobal says it is pleased to be playing a major role in the industry’s shift towards a greener future having added electric vehicle support to its haulage simulation platforms, HAULSIM and SIMULATE. The company is already engaged with a global tier one miner to simulate the benefits of haulage vehicle electrification within their mining operation[…]

Just two months after the announcement of the Electric Mine Consortium, BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale, three of the world’s biggest resource companies are the founding patrons of a new mining industry haul truck electrification collaboration, the Charge On Innovation Challenge, which is being facilitated by Austmine. It is described as “a global initiative for[…]

Caterpillar has announced an additional 1 billion tonnes of material hauled by autonomous trucks using Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling, surpassing the 3 billion tonnes milestone. This achievement is joined by an expansion of the types of commodities hauled autonomously across a growing number of Cat mining truck class sizes, as well as other brands of mining equipment. “Since surpassing[…]

TOMRA says it is tapping the potential of digitalisation with a constantly expanding offer of digital services to help mining operations improve their efficiency and profitability – most recently with the introduction of the new augmented reality tool for remote assistance, TOMRA Visual Assist. It states: “In a challenging market, mining companies under increasing pressure[…]

Teck’s RACE21™ innovation-driven efficiency program covers many bases. On the autonomy side, the company is making major strides which was outlined in its recent Q1 2021 earnings call. Teck is somewhat unique in the industry in having deployed AHS at both coal and metallic operations and is using two different systems – at the Elkview[…]

General maintenance service providers often show little respect for the engineering design of specialised on-mine equipment, which can cost the mine dearly in the long run. This applies as much to transfer chutes as to other mining infrastructure, according to Weba Chute Systems Technical Director Alwin Nienaber. The result of poor maintenance is usually that[…]

FLSmidth vacuum disc filters are playing a vital role in preparing tailings slurry for a backfill application at the new Kamoa-Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of[…]

A 19 km overland conveyor system, designed and installed by the TAKRAF India office, for the greenfield Utkal Alumina Project includes the longest single flight conveyor system to be installed within Indian territory to date. Utkal Alumina is a 100% subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco. The project is in Tikri in the Rayagada[…]

Russia’s East Mining Company (EMCO), written in Russian Vostochnaya Mining Company (VGK) and Belarus-based global mining haul truck OEM are collaborating on testing of a trolley assist DC electric drive 220 t dump truck based on the 75306 series. The development of a BELAZ diesel-electric drive trolley assist dump truck has been carried out since[…]