Archives: Equipment maintenance

Doppelmayr Transport Technology GmbH, based in Wolfurt, Austria has announced a cooperation with raise boring specialist Master Drilling Group Ltd, headquartered in Fochville, South Africa. Doppelmayr did not detail the nature of the tie-up but told IM that the main reason for the cooperation was that both companies “see potential in joining their expertise, in[…]

At the recent Volvo Days 2024 event that ran from late May at its Eskilstuna, Sweden Customer Center, Volvo CE demonstrated its ambition to lead in sustainability and productivity by presenting pioneering launches and a fresh solutions-based approach – enabling sustainable change for customers in both regulated and less regulated markets. One of the interesting technology[…]

BHP has announced the start of operations at Escondida copper mine of the first 4800XPC electric cable shovel in Chile and Latin America and the third in the world, designed and manufactured by Komatsu. With a weight of approximately 1,750 tons in operation, it is the shovel with the highest capacity worldwide, loading 400-ton mining[…]

With projects on every continent, Toowoomba, Queensland-based organisation Gears Mining, has announced the launch of what it says is the world’s largest liner handler machine. This new machine, with a record-breaking weighted capacity of 8,100 kg, it says is a significant advancement and positions Gears Mining at the forefront of the mining equipment industry. Gears[…]

IM recently sat down with Ning Xiaofeng, President of Qingdao Fambition Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd, at the Exponor 2024 mining event in Antofagasta, Chile. As one of the leading Chinese manufacturers of underground mining equipment, Fambition considers Chile an important market. The company delivered four 10 t LHDs to Codelco in late 2019 and maintains[…]

Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions has announced the delivery of the latest 63 t class TH663i truck as part of an order for six units that was awarded last year by customer Grupo Minero Carola-Coemin in Chile. The OEM says this truck stands out for its ability to raise sustainability, safety and technology indexes. “The[…]

TAKRAF South Africa says it has provided design, engineering and construction support services for the third phase of a major backfill project for a coal mining complex in Limpopo, South Africa. The project comprises the extension of one of the mine’s backfilling systems, which are used to convey and deposit the plant discard materials in[…]

Mill relining systems OEM, RUSSELL MINERAL EQUIPMENT (RME), has launched a global campaign celebrating the company’s upcoming 40-year anniversary, highlighting its engineering and pioneering progress from the past four decades. RME Founder, Executive Chairman and Chief Engineer, Dr John Russell, said: “Since 1985, RME has innovated mill relining technologies and services with an unwavering commitment[…]

On June 11, members of BHP’s Operational Decarbonisation team visited Caterpillar’s Tucson Proving Ground to witness the CAT 793 battery-electric haul truck (BEHT) in action. The first Early Learner CAT 793 BEHT is on its way to BHP, crossing hemispheres and making its way ‘down under’ before rubber hits the haul road at the Jimblebar iron ore[…]

Drive technology specialist Flender has celebrated its 125th-year anniversary by, it says, reflecting on milestones as well as looking towards the future. Flender CEO, Andreas Evertz, at the grand anniversary party at the main site in Bocholt on June 7, said: “We have always been and will always be a large Flender family. Whether employees,[…]