Archives: Energy minerals

Metso’s March quarter results were bolstered by a rise in orders, sales and profit margin in the Minerals division, the company reported today. Metso posted an operating profit of €100 million ($111 million) for the first three months of the year, up from €80 million a year earlier, with orders received increasing 18% year-on-year to[…]

The organisers of ALTA are gearing up to welcome the international metallurgical community to Perth, Western Australia, with the annual conference now just a month away. ALTA has developed a reputation as a leading technical metallurgical-oriented event, attracting senior industry representatives from around the globe. The conference had a record attendance last year and is[…]

Sandvik has acquired privately-owned Newtrax, a supplier of leading technology in wireless connectivity to monitor and provide insights on underground operations, including people, machines and the environment. “By including Newtrax into the Sandvik family we further strengthen our leading position in areas related to automation and digitalization,” says Henrik Ager, President of Sandvik Mining and[…]

Hexagon’s Mining division today announced the acquisition of Split Engineering, a leader in coarse rock fragmentation size measurement systems, software and services. Optimised fragmentation can save a mine significant costs while improving drill and blast processes. Split Engineering’s image processing technology delivers high-quality information that enables customers to manage their processes from drill to mill[…]

This month, SMS Equipment deployed the Komatsu 980E-4AT –  the largest autonomous Komatsu truck in commercial operations in the world – into production in Canada at the oil sands operations of Suncor.  The Komatsu 980E-4AT is modeled after the proven work horse 930E series.  This 400-ton capacity truck has many of the same attributes, such[…]

Haver & Boecker has established the global brand Haver & Boecker Niagara to combine the engineering expertise and product portfolios of its three mineral processing locations in Brazil, Canada and Germany. In the past, the three locations acted individually for their respective regions and territories. Customers around the world will benefit from shared innovative technology,[…]

sensemetrics Inc, the Industrial IoT (IIoT) company that transforms sensor data into real-time situational awareness, active risk management and safety solutions for the world’s largest enterprises in mining, dams, energy and the industrial machine sector, today announced the launch of the sensemetrics Global Strategic Alliance Member Program. The program is designed to create a broad-based[…]

AusTin Mining says it has entered into a non-binding heads of agreement with Lucas Total Contract Solutions to supply non-acid forming (NAF) waste rock from the Granville East mine, in Tasmania, Australia, for construction purposes at the Granville Harbour Wind Farm. The A$280 million wind farm will comprise 31 turbines with a 112‐MW capacity and[…]

The Estonian energy and oil shale mining company Enefit recently utilised the Milrem Robotics commercial line unmanned ground vehicle Multiscope to determine the condition of the pillars in an oil shale mine in which mining ended ten years ago. The Multiscope equipped with 3D LiDARs was used in the Estonian mine in closed underground locations.[…]

Bushveld Minerals’ 84%-owned energy subsidiary, Bushveld Energy, says it has commissioned and completed site acceptance testing of the vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) project with South Africa national power utility Eskom. At completion, the unit, supplied by UniEnergy Technologies, will have a peak output of 450 kWh. The VRFB battery commissioning with Eskom recommenced in[…]