Archives: Bulk handling

FLSmidth and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (a fully owned subsidiary of thyssenkrupp AG) have reached an agreement that FLSmidth will acquire thyssenkrupp’s Mining business (TK Mining) for a total consideration (enterprise value) of €325 million, corresponding to approximately DKK 2.4 billion. Closing of the transaction is expected in H2 2022 and is subject to customary[…]

In northwest Romania, CASE Construction Equipment says it is forming the backbone of operations all year round at the Salina Ocna Dej mine, where dozens of wheel loaders and crawler excavators are boosting efficiency and improving safety at the salt mine – both underground and at the surface level. Located in Cluj County, Salina Ocna[…]

Things have been very quite since FLSmidth announced on January 15, 2021 that it was in negotiations with thyssenkrupp concerning an acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s mining business. But today a brief update, confirming talks were advancing: “FLSmidth today announces that it remains in negotiations with thyssenkrupp concerning an acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s mining business. Since FLSmidth’s announcement[…]

TerraSource Global and its three flagship equipment brands – Gundlach, Jeffrey Rader and Pennsylvania Crusher – are gearing up to showcase new products at MINExpo International that, TerraSource says, are helping the company remain an innovation leader in durable, high-performance crushing and feeding equipment for the mining industry. The company’s products are known to many[…]

Scantech International Pty Ltd has released GEOSCAN GOLD, a premium elemental analyser that, it says, uses the highest specification PGNAA (prompt gamma neutron activation analysis) technology available. The analyser, which builds on Scantech’s GEOSCAN-M high-performance elemental analyser, provides previously unattainable levels of risk-free, real-time measurement performance to the resources sector to help digitalise and control[…]

On July 22, XEMC’s recently completed 120 t all battery electric-powered AC drive mining truck was officially delivered to energy company SPIC’s Huolinhe open pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia and immediately put into use, which the OEM said opened the prelude of China’s mining operations entering a “new energy era.” It added that China[…]

BEUMER Group is planning to highlight just how conveying and loading systems enable safe, efficient and environmentally friendly handling of bulk materials at the upcoming MINExpo 2021 event in Las Vegas, USA. The company’s overland conveyors and pipe conveyors enable mine operators to create individual routes for the transport of raw material with steep angles[…]

Conveyor Components Company has added a Tilt Action (TA) belt alignment control solution to its offering for use on most belt conveying systems and wastewater filter presses. The model TA is available in weatherproof or explosion-proof enclosures, with 120 VAC or 240 VAC input power rated microswitches, the company said. This belt alignment control has[…]

Orica’s FRAGTrack™ technology is enabling Newmont’s Akyem Gold Mine to make timely decisions based on automated fragmentation data, to improve the productivity of the mine. The Akyem Gold Mine is a large open-pit project located in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Owned and operated by Newmont Golden Ridge Ltd, the mine employs over 450 people[…]

IM Editorial Director, Paul Moore, talked to SafeAI’s Brenton Welford, VP Business Development, and David Prusinski, Chief Revenue Officer about its autonomous mining solutions – the journey so far, and what makes its system and strategy stand out  California-based SafeAI is evolving fast from a young start-up founded in Silicon Valley in 2017 to an[…]