Archives: Environmental

The first battery-powered haul truck at the operations of Chilean iron ore miner Compañía Minera del Pacífico (CMP), a CAP Group company, recently arrived at its pellet plant facilities in Huasco and successfully completed a series of pilot tests which were carried out to assess its suitability for future operation at the site. The truck[…]

All four of the world’s leading large mining truck OEMs, namely Caterpillar, Komatsu, Liebherr and Hitachi, attended The Electric Mine 2023 conference in force in May and all gave presentations on their technologies and outlook relating to mining’s energy transition. Caterpillar’s Group President of Resource Industries Denise Johnson opened the conference with a really upbeat[…]

Torex Gold’s Media Luna project in Mexico has been behind a surge of battery-electric vehicle contract activity of late, with the latest recipient being Saskatoon-based Rokion. The gold mining company has ordered a 28-strong fleet of BEVs from Rokion, set to start being delivered at the back end of the year. These vehicles will be[…]

During a visit to Chile in April, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore sat down with Orica’s Brian Gillespie – President Latin America and Group Executive; and Francisca Saieh – Head of Marketing and Technology Latin America at its Santiago corporate office for some unique insights into the Latam explosives and blasting market – and the[…]

Australia and Canada have a lot in common when it comes to mining and resources and are critical to the industry’s global transformation. While both countries are mining super-powers in their own right and are supplying a significant percentage of the resources needed for the global energy transition, they are also using their leadership to[…]

Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification verifying that its mining tyre recycling facility in Chile processes circular feedstocks. “Kal Tire is committed to promoting a circular economy where recycled mining tire products are given their highest and best use,” says Dan Allan, Senior VP, Kal Tire’s[…]

At the recent Bank of America 2023 Smart Mine 4.0 conference, Donovan Waller, Anglo American Group Head of Technology Development gave an in-depth review of ongoing projects under its FutureSmart Mining™ banner, which broadly refers to its innovation-led approach to sustainable mining. He covered mainly six interesting areas – its African renewable energy ecosystem; the nuGen™ Zero[…]

Canada-based First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has placed an additional order with Metso for the delivery of minerals processing equipment to its Kansanshi copper mine S3 expansion. Metso’s scope of delivery includes apron feeders, Nordberg® MP800™ cone crushers, TankCell® e630 and TankCell® e300 mechanical flotation cells, high-intensity Concorde Cell™ units, ColumnCell™ units, HRT thickeners and a[…]

Siemens has announced that Innomotics has launched in Germany as a separately managed legal entity as of July 1, 2023. Under a single roof, the supplier of motors and large drives brings together business activities with low- to high-voltage motors, geared motors, medium-voltage converters and motor spindles as well as project and service offerings for[…]

Normet has launched the latest addition to its broad concrete spraying equipment offering, the completely new battery-electric Spraymec MF 050 VC SD, specifically tailored for the needs of underground mining. Combining the proven Normet SmartDrive® battery-electric architecture with state-of-the-art spraying technology, it says the MF 050 VC SD offers “unrivalled concrete spraying results, superior operator[…]