Archives: Energy minerals

Russia-based Norilsk Nickel is actively implementing its Technology Breakthrough programme and is seeing significant returns when it comes to exploration and operations knowledge, Sergey Dyachenko told IM earlier this week ahead of the company’s Capital Markets Day in London. While the programme, which started in 2014, aimed to digitise and automate most processes at the[…]

XECUTE is the latest in RPMGlobal’s extensive line of mine planning and scheduling software solutions to receive an update. XECUTE 1.10 builds on the core capabilities of XECUTE and features advanced upgrades to improve the live planning environment. This uses “enterprise enablement” to deliver real inter-departmental collaboration, according to RPMGlobal. XECUTE was designed to bridge[…]

Ten Terex TA400 articulated haul trucks have been proving their worth removing overburden from a coal mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The trucks are being used by local mine owner PT Tambang Berkat Karunia for a five-year project in Batuah. “We have the machines working for up to 18 hours a day, removing overburden and[…]

Stanmore Coal has extended its contract with NRW Holdings subsidiary Golding Contractors at the Isaac Plaints East mine in Queensland, Australia. Golding will carry out contract mining services for at least another five years as part of the circa-A$500 million ($364 million) contract. This will see the project term extended to June 2024. NRW CEO[…]

Amid all the justified hype surrounding the launch of Epiroc’s second generation of battery-electric machines in Örebro, Sweden, this week, the company’s recent M&A activity was somewhat forgotten. The acquisition of 34% of ASI Mining, a subsidiary of Autonomous Solutions Inc, is one of the more interesting buys the company has made in the past[…]

S&P Global Market Intelligence report highlights global nonferrous exploration budgets increased for the second consecutive year, up 19% year-over-year. Key takeaways: •Global nonferrous exploration budget increased 19% to $10.1 billion •Junior exploration companies budgets increased by 35% •Number of active exploration companies increased for first time since 2012 — up 8% to 1,651 •Cobalt &[…]

Canada and Australia-focused Kirkland Lake Gold has helped Epiroc become one of the leaders in the underground battery-electric mining equipment market, Richard Riach, Global Senior Project Manager for the OEM, said at the company’s Power Change Days event in Örebro, Sweden, on Wednesday. The miner currently has some 33 battery-electric vehicles running around underground at[…]

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) intends to fund competitive research and development efforts in FY 2019 that will advance first-of-a-kind coal generation technologies.  This effort—the Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small, Transformative) initiative—will develop the coal plant of the future needed to provide secure, stable, and reliable power.  This[…]

Caterpillar’s recently launched Cat® R1700 Underground Mining Loader has proven its high productivity and efficiency in extended field trials and in-production studies, the company says. The completely new design R1700 carries a size-class-leading payload of 15 t, 20% more than its predecessor, yet maintains the dimensions of the R1700G. “A recent head-to-head study and multiple[…]

Cat is updating its D11 Dozer with new load-sensing hydraulics, high-horsepower reverse and the latest technology as the OEM looks to provide higher material movement at a lower cost per tonne. Engineered to be rebuilt multiple times, the new D11 has a redesigned main frame delivering lower total cost of ownership over the life of[…]