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Western Australia-based majority Indigenous owned business, Kuuwa Rentals, is out to start sating the Australian mining industry’s demand for electric light utility vehicles by offering the Ford F150 Lightning electric truck to companies in the state. Australia has one of the highest populations of light utility vehicles across the globe, with several companies having established[…]

BHP recently gave additional insight into its progress and plans related to emissions reduction in a special Decarbonisation Roundtable for investors held on June 26. Dr Graham Winkelman, BHP Vice President Climate said the global miner is on track to deliver its FY2030 target of at least a 30% reduction in operational GHG emissions in[…]

Metso has been awarded with a contract valued at around €15 million ($16 million) to deliver several thickeners and filters to a mine water treatment project in Peru. Metso’s scope of delivery includes several high-rate thickeners operating in a high density sludge (HDS) mine water treatment application and automatic EBS series liquid filters with an[…]

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd has announced the commencement of the world’s first technological feasibility trial of an ultra-large full battery rigid frame dump truck by an OEM operating at First Quantum Minerals Ltd’s Kansanshi copper and gold mine in the Republic of Zambia. The technological feasibility trial, which began in June 2024, is being[…]

CDE, a leader in the design and engineering of sand and aggregate wet processing solutions for the waste recycling and natural minerals processing sectors, has unveiled its new ProPress high-performance filter press at Hillhead, in the UK, adding to its state-of-the-art water management and recycling systems. Developed to meet the evolving needs of the construction[…]

The confluence of automation and electrification in underground mining was spoken of many times at The Electric Mine 2024 event, in Perth, Western Australia, last month, with a whole themed session dedicated to it. One of the best examples of the two trends converging was observed in a talk titled, ‘Electrification and Automation at IGO’s[…]

Contract miner Byrnecut has taken the next step on its journey towards expanding its battery-electric equipment fleet with the roll-out of the Sandvik DD422iE development drill with dual controls at the BHP-owned Prominent Hill mine in South Australia. The drill is the first battery-electric Sandvik development drill in operation in Australia. Byrnecut took delivery of[…]

Thiess has announced that it has partnered with Augment Technologies, saying it marks a significant step forward in its commitment to innovation and excellence in the mining industry. Through this partnership, it will be leveraging Augment Technologies’ ‘groundbreaking’ AI-driven 3D blast movement software to create a Muckpile Block Model™. The global mining services provider adds: “With[…]

SGS has announced a joint venture agreement with Golden Compass, one of Saudi Arabia’s largest exploration and mining consultancy and service providers, to open and operate a new geochemistry laboratory in Saudi Arabia. This lab will provide sample preparation and geochemistry analysis to the mining and minerals industry in the country, SGS says. Saudi Arabia[…]

Talisman Technical and Mitchell Services Limited have partnered up to launch Loop, a drilling solutions company looking to tackle emissions from fugitive gases and recycle waste through coal mine methane reuse. Loop forges 50 years of surface and underground drilling specialist experience with contemporary operational expertise, the company says. “We provide strategic decarbonisation services, emissions[…]