Archives: Equipment maintenance

MacLean has entered into a dealer agreement with ULE Equipment Company, the full-service heavy equipment specialists based in Mongolia, that, it says, will improve MacLean parts support and field service capabilities at the Rio Tinto majority-owned Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the Southern Gobi Desert. The partnership between MacLean and ULE offers Oyu Tolgoi a[…]

Earlier this year, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore had the chance to visit the Remote Monitoring Center for Gold Fields’ Salares Norte gold mine in Chile with Reynaldo Martinez, Asset Management and Operational Performance Manager. The centre is in downtown Santiago, some 1,500 km from the mine and plant. The first gold was produced on March[…]

Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire Universal Field Robots (UFR), the fast-growing Australia-based provider of autonomous interoperable solutions for the surface mining and underground mining markets. UFR will be reported in Digital Mining Technologies, a division within business area Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. UFR’s solution portfolio is built on a common autonomy platform,[…]

During a recent business forum at the ‘Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue,’ Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), the diversified natural resources group headquartered in Luxembourg, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with Japan’s Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM), the global producer of construction and mining equipment, and its official distributor in Central Asia, Eurasian Machinery LLP. Hitachi[…]

St Barbara Ltd says that results of the current testwork program have allowed the early selection of the Saleable Concentrate Flowsheet option for the Simberi Sulphides Expansion, three months ahead of schedule. The expansion project has the potential to extend the life of mine by at least 10 years. The Simberi Operations consist of an[…]

In its just released 2024 Sustainability Report, mining contracting major Macmahon laid out its commitment to minimising its impacts on the environment by collaborating with clients to reduce, recycle, and rehabilitate, as well as promoting environmental and sustainability awareness and identifying energy efficient and carbon reduction opportunities. In FY24, Macmahon established its first three- year ESG roadmap[…]

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Company (NMMC), the world’s fourth-largest gold producer and the largest gold miner in Central Asia, says it is moving forward with the expansion of the Northeast Cycle and Flow Technology Complex and construction of a second conveyor line at its Muruntau mine. Completion of these projects will increase capacity for transporting[…]

PROK is returning to Mining Indonesia 2024, Asia’s largest mining equipment trade show, taking place from September 11-14. This event will again bring together global and local companies to showcase the latest in mining technology and innovation. Mining Indonesia serves as a vital platform for industry experts worldwide to forge connections and explore new business[…]

On August 12, Chinese mining equipment major XCMG and mining giant Rio Tinto signed a global cooperation framework agreement in Conakry, the capital of Guinea. At the same time, XCMG and SimFer Company, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and Chinalco Group, signed a statement of work for the Simandou mining project. This marks a[…]

Metso has signed a comprehensive frame agreement with Barrick Gold Corp’s Reko Diq Mining for key process equipment deliveries to the company’s greenfield copper-gold project in the province of Balochistan in Pakistan. Reko Diq is one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in the world. The gross value of the various Metso equipment packages under[…]