Archives: Bulk handling

Trigon Metals Inc has placed an order with Epiroc South Africa Pty Ltd to purchase underground mining equipment to the value of US$8.9 million. This equipment will comprise the majority of the underground mining fleet for the restart of mining from the Asis West shaft at the company’s Kombat copper mine in Namibia, where production[…]

Atlas Copco has agreed to acquire Sykes Group Pty Ltd from Seven Group Holdings Ltd (SGH), a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Sykes is a global manufacturer of dewatering pumps, predominantly used for transferring water with solids and abrasive nature within the mining and wastewater sectors. It is headquartered in Newcastle, New South[…]

Martin Engineering is warning that a lack of understanding of the operational basics of belt conveyor systems, regarding the hardware installed and the performance required from the components, is creating a knowledge gap that is putting employee safety on the line. Since personnel are the single most important resource of any industrial operation, to meet[…]

Liontown Resources Ltd has issued a letter of award to Byrnecut Australia Pty Ltd for Underground Mining Services to underpin the development and production of the Kathleen Valley hard rock lithium project. The appointment of Byrnecut is a significant milestone for Kathleen Valley which has a Mineral Resource Estimate of 156 Mt at 1.4% Li2O and[…]

Operating muscle at Nevada Gold Mines has been beefed up with the ahead-of-schedule commissioning of the first seven of a new 22-unit Komatsu 930E fleet due this year. With the completion of major maintenance shutdowns at NGM, and a significantly improved performance from Carlin, the focus on driving flexibility and reducing production risk has intensified. NGM[…]

Sandvik Mining has successfully delivered a cutting-edge 63 t class TH663i truck to the Zone 5 copper-silver mine, owned by Khoemacau Copper Mining in Botswana, in partnership with mining contractor Barminco. The operation is in the heart of the Kalahari Copper Belt. The Khoemacau operations are comprised of the Zone 5 underground mine and associated[…]

QMAG Pty Limited, part of the Refratechnik group, owns the Kunwarara deposit of cryptocrystalline magnesite – one of the world’s largest – located in Central Queensland, Australia. It mines the ore using the open-pit method and processes it into high quality fused (FM), dead burnt (DBM) and caustic calcined (CCM) magnesia products at the nearby[…]

Malaysian group Sime Darby Berhad has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sime Darby Industrial Australia Pty Ltd will acquire Cavpower Group, a privately owned Australian company, with distribution responsibilities for Cat® equipment in South Australia and Broken Hill in New South Wales (NSW). “The acquisition of Cavpower complements our existing portfolio and provides geographic expansion[…]

HUGO is Australian group Bis Industries’ new hybrid, high payload electric underground hard rock haulage prototype truck which has recently been put through its paces at a quarry during its commissioning phase including extensive durability testing to test the robustness of its electrical system. The 80 t capacity HUGO stands for Hybrid Underground Operations. It has also[…]

Leading underground contract miner Redpath Australia is embracing the benefits of digital training by putting advanced Sandvik simulators to use, both at its head office in Brisbane and on site. Wanting to explore the safety and productivity gains of virtual training methods, Redpath has been using simulators for Sandvik’s AutoMine® automation system, LH517i loader and[…]