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[…]
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[…]
TAKRAF and ABB have renewed their ongoing strategic partnership regarding the deployment of gearless conveyor drive (GCD) technology on TAKRAF bulk material handling solutions to enable a more sustainable and resource-efficient future, the companies say. The partnership, which dates back to 2011, acts as a commitment to both groups’ efforts in achieving a more sustainable[…]
With belt misalignment remaining the biggest headache for conveyor system operators across a variety of bulk material handling industries, Tru-Trac says it has evolved from this valuable niche into a full service conveyor solutions business. Having patented and commercialised its belt tracker back in 1996, Tru-Trac has leveraged its engineering expertise and market knowledge into[…]
Simformotion™ LLC, a leader in simulation training solutions, has announced the extension of its agreement with Caterpillar to deliver heavy equipment training simulators around the world. It says the agreement underscores a commitment to training the world’s heavy equipment operators with state-of-the-art Cat® Simulators and the importance of their partnership in producing innovative training options.[…]
Copper and gold mine Oyu Tolgoi recently marked the beginning of its C2S underground conveyor belt commissioning in Mongolia with the posting on February 24 of an informational video on the project to coincide with the first belt pull. Delgerdalai Lkhamsuren, Senior Manager Construction at MCS Property LLC, which has been carrying out underground facilities[…]
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd (HCM) has developed an Operator Assist System aimed at supporting the digging and loading operations of ultra-large hydraulic excavators for improved operational performance and says it will conduct a verification test at one of Rio Tinto’s mine sites in Australia from late March 2024. Through the application of the Operator[…]
Komatsu Mining says that a second P&H 2800XPC-AC rope shovel has been delivered to iron ore miner SNIM in Mauritania. These are the first Komatsu AC shovels in North Africa and Komatsu says they have received great feedback from the mine. SNIM is already a long term Komatsu customer having used three older P&H 2800XPA[…]
The latest innovation from China’s fast growing autonomous mining truck technology company EACON Mining is the new ET100, a collaboration between EACON and truck OEM major Tonly. The 90 t Hybrid Truck prototype has now surpassed 1,000 hours of on site testing. Tonly Heavy Industries is EACON Mining’s oldest OEM cooperation partner and the largest[…]