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Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions says to strengthen its position as ‘underground mining’s leading battery-electric innovator,’ the OEM is further expanding its battery center of excellence in Camarillo, California. Sandvik opened the state-of-the-art battery system facility in February 2021 to grow its production and testing capabilities for batteries and battery-electric loaders and trucks. The company[…]

Orexplore Technologies Limited, a mineral scanning technology company focused on the global mining and metals sector, says it has entered the South American market with a commercial field deployment for Gold Fields at its’ Salares Norte project in Chile. Salares Norte is a high-grade, epithermal gold-silver, open-pit deposit in the High Andes, Atacama Region, of[…]

Orica, one of the world’s leading mining and infrastructure solutions providers says it continues to reinforce its commitment to innovation and value delivery with its growing Digital Solutions business. Established in 2019 “to seamlessly connect customers’ physical and digital worlds for improved decision-making and enhanced predictability of outcomes,” Orica Digital Solutions includes solutions categories spanning[…]

The world’s largest zero-emission haul truck, based on a Komatsu 930E and designed and built by First Mode in partnership with Anglo American, has successfully completed its mission to demonstrate the potential of zero emission haulage after one full year of operational trials. The proof-of-concept mining truck is a critical technology in heavy industry’s efforts[…]

In order to comply with the Extended Producer Responsibility (REP) law, Minera El Abra, a Chilean copper mine and subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, along with the tyre manufacturer Bridgestone, are starting the recycling process for tyres purchased by the mine over the past year, which will result in three types of by-products: steel, oil and carbon[…]

In November 2022, Caterpillar announced the successful demonstration of its first battery electric 793 large mining truck as well as a significant investment to transform its Arizona-based proving ground into a sustainable testing and validation hub of the future. Caterpillar completed development of its first battery electric 793 prototype with support from key mining customers[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions says it is expanding its technology portfolio by developing a diesel-electric range of underground loaders and trucks to complement its battery-electric vehicle offering. For more than 40 years, Sandvik has been driving electrification of underground mining equipment, starting with cable–electric loaders in the early 1980s and evolving to BEV equipment today, it said. Now[…]

Two technology providers in Finland are developing a water treatment solution that will be able to selectively recover metals from mining-impacted waters. The companies Weeefiner and Sensmet are collaborating to tackle the water treatment challenges posed by end-of-life mining sites, whilst also salvaging some of the valuable materials that mine waters frequently contain. The development[…]

Two of the largest mining companies in the world, Codelco and BHP, are to collaborate with the objective of exchanging information in areas of mutual interest, such as the electrification of mining activities, the supply of desalinated water, stability and monitoring of tailings deposits, and the development of technologies for the decarbonisation of processes, among[…]

Global carbon reduction company First Mode and ABB have today announced a purchase order for ABB to supply First Mode with 80 BORDLINE® ESS lithium-ion battery systems. The batteries, which total 2.6 megawatt-hours, will help power the next several zero-emission mining haul trucks being developed by First Mode. “The successful testing and operation of First[…]