Archives: Bulk handling

CR, the global provider of productivity solutions to the mining industry, will now operate as CR Powered by Epiroc. The brand evolution comes after the company’s February 2023 acquisition by Epiroc, the Sweden-based innovative mining and construction equipment OEM. CR Powered by Epiroc engineers advanced mining products and digital solutions for surface and underground mines,[…]

Bridgestone is expanding its domestic production of MasterCore tyres in the US, which it describes as “the pinnacle of our off-the-road (OTR) mining tyre technology,” at its OTR plant in Aiken County, South Carolina which it says is a marriage of product and facility both designed with sustainability in mind. Bridgestone MasterCore improves durability with[…]

Epiroc says it has completed its acquisition of AARD Mining Equipment, the South African mining equipment manufacturer. AARD, based in Chamdor near Johannesburg, South Africa, designs, manufactures, services and supports a wide range of mining equipment, specialising in low-profile underground machines for mines with low mining heights. The high-quality products include drill rigs, bolters, loaders,[…]

Designed to meet the emerging needs of the grader industry, Bell Equipment has expanded its mining and construction OEM product range to include motor graders. With several units running in diversified applications, production has been set to begin as early as Q3 2024. The Bell Motor Grader follows the introduction of the Bell Tracked Carrier[…]

Canadian Critical Minerals Inc has entered into an ore characterisation and sorting trial with MineSense Technologies Ltd for mineralised material currently stockpiled at its Bull River Mine (BRM) copper-gold-silver project near Cranbrook, BC. MineSense’s ShovelSense® system utilises X-Ray fluorescence based sensing technology that is mounted directly to digging equipment such as front-end loaders and shovels to[…]

Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, has chosen Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions to supply its leading AutoMine® Fleet automation solution and 13 autonomous loaders for the Recursos Norte operations at El Teniente mine in Chile. The contract will run from 2023 through 2027, supporting Codelco’s goal of operating the world’s most automated and digitalised[…]

Metso Outotec has expanded its screening media offering with Trellex® GS, a panel that meets European aggregate industry fixing standards. Trellex® GS is described as an innovative, modular screening media with a knock-in system available in both rubber and polyurethane. It is designed to offer long wear life, with easier change-outs and increased uptime and[…]

India’s typical rigid mining truck class for many years has been 100 ton (91 t) represented by models like the locally made Caterpillar 777, BEML BH100 and Komatsu HD785. Looking at the 777 as an example, it has a long history – first produced in India way back in 1986 as the 777B and followed[…]

Rio Tinto and Scania have a long-term research and development collaboration agreement for the continuous advancement of autonomous mining truck technology, under which Rio Tinto’s Channar iron ore mine became the first active partner site for Scania’s autonomous mining solution, following early stage work at Dampier Salt. The partnership also includes options for the future[…]

Mining conveyor major Fenner Conveyors, a Michelin Group company, has celebrated the grand opening of ‘K3,’ its third Siempelkamp plant at its Kwinana/Australia location with the commissioning of a steel cord conveyor belt press line including a multi-cylinder press. The company, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of conveyor belts for mining and large-scale industry, partnered with Siempelkamp[…]