Caterpillar’s 994 wheel loader has been a leader in its size class since it was first introduced in 1990. Now the company is set to enhance its offering with a step up to the all new Cat® 995 Wheel Loader which it says will deliver more payload, more power and more performance while using less[…]
Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan has agreed to transfer all of its coal mining interests (85%) in the Ensham Coal mine located in Queensland, Australia, held through its wholly owned subsidiary Idemitsu Australia Pty Ltd to Sungela Pty Ltd, which is 75% owned by South Africa’s Thungela Resources Ltd, the thermal coal miner demerged from Anglo American[…]
A Komatsu Joy 7LS5 shearer recently began production at Arch Resources’ West Elk thermal coal mine in Colorado, making it the sixth operating Joy 7LS5 shearer in the US. Komatsu states: “The reliable 7LS5 model shearer was introduced in 1999 to Peabody Energy Shoal Creek mine as a solution in mid-to-high seams in some of[…]
FLSmidth’s Capital Markets Day on January 18, 2023 marked the culmination of a major portfolio review that really ramped up on the completion of its acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s mining business on September 1, 2022. But the overall change at FLSmidth also runs much deeper – Group CEO Mikko Keto also said during the CMD event[…]
Pilot Crushtec says Africa’s only locally manufactured, fully mobile double-roll crusher, the DoppiaTrac DR400, continues to perform well in the field of mobile coal crushing. The DoppiaTrac DR400 now has a decade of success in the field, according to the company, achieving production rates of 300-400 t/h. “We designed the DR400 from the ground up[…]
Bens Creek Group, the UK-listed owner of a metallurgical coal mine in North America supplying the steel industry, announces that, further to the company’s announcement on December 22, 2022, it has signed an amendment to its agreement with its highwall mining contractor Mega Highwall Mining LLC (MHW) to confirm the provision and delivery of a[…]
Thiess is one of the largest global surface mining services companies today, with fast growing businesses in metals and minerals, rehabilitation, technology and technical services. The term mining services is deliberate – because it is no longer enough to describe Thiess as a contractor, with many of its client relationships equating to long term alliances.[…]
NRW Holdings Ltd advises that its wholly owned subsidiary, Golding Contractors Pty Ltd has entered into a five year Mining Services Agreement with Jellinbah Mining Pty Ltd at the Jellinbah East coal mine in Central Queensland. The scope includes mining pre-strip overburden, operating and maintaining an existing 600 t excavator and 220 t rear dump[…]
Thiess says it has received contract extensions in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, at the Wahana coal mine from Bayan Resources and at the Hanoman coal mine from PT Cakrawala Langit Sejahtera , which mines the pits in the Satui area owned by Arutmin, part of Bumi Resources. With a combined value of A$480 million ($320 million)[…]
Thiess has secured an agreement with Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) to extend its current mining services contract and to provide fleet hire services at Sangatta mine, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. With revenues of A$210 million ($141 million) and commencing in January 2023, Thiess will expand its services from land preparation, load and haul, asset management and[…]
