Archives: Bulk handling

Metso says it has signed an agreement to acquire Brouwer Engineering, a privately-owned Australia-based company specialising in automation, control systems and electrical solutions for bulk material handling solutions. Combining Metso’s extensive experience in bulk material handling equipment and service offerings with Brouwer Engineering’s electrical and control system capabilities will further strengthen Metso’s position to provide[…]

In April 2023, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore toured Metso’s state of the art Performance Center in Santiago, Chile with Pablo Zuniga – Metso’s Remote Services Manager (pictured at the facility above). The facility is just a small part of Metso’s office space in the city but an increasingly important one as mining houses look[…]

Torsa has undertaken a successful project to develop a state-of-the-art safety system for the stockpiles at Antapaccay copper mine in Peru, owned by Glencore. The main objective of this solution was to implement an operator alert system for stockpiles, aiming to prevent incidents related to the operator’s position on the  feeders. The system was entirely customised[…]

On July 12, the leading Chinese mining truck OEM Inner Mongolia North Hauler Joint Stock Co (NHL) and Chinese coal giant CHN Energy through its division Zhunneng Group held a delivery ceremony for a 300 ton class diesel-electric drive dump truck at the Haerwusu opencast coal mine. The truck is unique is that it is[…]

Compania Minera Lomas Bayas, a Glencore company, recently celebrated its 25-year history with a ceremony held at the facilities of the operation, which included a special moment to recognise the founding members of the mining company and to present the initiatives that will chart the road along the path of operational and technological excellence. One[…]

Carbon reduction company First Mode has announced construction of its first manufacturing facility in Seattle, Washington, USA. The factory will produce zero-emission powerplants and associated ground infrastructure for First Mode’s nuGen™ haulage solutions, which replace diesel engines in mining haul trucks and locomotives by retrofitting customer’s existing fleets with battery and hydrogen fuel cell solutions.[…]

Barrick’s drive to transform the Lumwana copper mine in Zambia into a Tier One asset with a life extending beyond 2060 is picking up speed with a strong performance in the past quarter adding impetus to its continuing production ramp-up. Briefing media at a site visit here on July 7, Barrick President and Chief Executive[…]

Huawei says it is bringing forth new industry opportunities and technological advancements driven by the AI wave. During a keynote speech at Huawei’s Developer Conference, Zhang Ping’an, Huawei Executive Director and CEO of HUAWEI CLOUD, unveiled the Pangu Model 3.0 and Ascend AI cloud services. These innovations aim to empower industry customers and partners and[…]

The first battery-powered haul truck at the operations of Chilean iron ore miner Compañía Minera del Pacífico (CMP), a CAP Group company, recently arrived at its pellet plant facilities in Huasco and successfully completed a series of pilot tests which were carried out to assess its suitability for future operation at the site. The truck[…]

All four of the world’s leading large mining truck OEMs, namely Caterpillar, Komatsu, Liebherr and Hitachi, attended The Electric Mine 2023 conference in force in May and all gave presentations on their technologies and outlook relating to mining’s energy transition. Caterpillar’s Group President of Resource Industries Denise Johnson opened the conference with a really upbeat[…]