Archives: Equipment maintenance

One of the largest alumina refineries in Australia needed to replace an ageing ball mill critical to its operation, with Xtreme Engineering, a heavy fabrication company, partnering with Mammoet to provide a solution for the exchange and replacement of the old and new equipment. The mill was located in the centre of the plant, making[…]

Komatsu Ltd has announced that the number of commercial deployments of its Komatsu FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), on mining trucks has surpassed 700 as of February 2024. This includes over 100 units of the 980E-AT, one of the world’s largest ultra-class dump trucks, capable of carrying 400 tons. The 700th AHS truck was deployed[…]

The Weir Group has officially opened its new foundry in Xuzhou, China, expanding capacity for the manufacture of ESCO® ground engaging tools (GET) in line with continued growth opportunities. The foundry, which is part of Weir’s ESCO global foundry network, celebrated the breaking of ground back in July 2022. The opening ceremony, hosted by Weir’s[…]

Epiroc says it has won a large order in Mexico from Canada-based mining services provider Dumas Contracting Ltd for underground mining equipment and related services and solutions. Dumas, a subsidiary of STRACON Group – a leading provider of state-of-the-art underground and surface mining services throughout the Americas – is a full-service underground mining contractor. It[…]

With belt misalignment remaining the biggest headache for conveyor system operators across a variety of bulk material handling industries, Tru-Trac says it has evolved from this valuable niche into a full service conveyor solutions business. Having patented and commercialised its belt tracker back in 1996, Tru-Trac has leveraged its engineering expertise and market knowledge into[…]

FLSmidth has acquired 100% of the shares in the Canadian grinding mill engineering, supply and services provider, Farnell-Thompson Applied Technologies Inc. Its offerings will be integrated into FLSmidth’s core Mining business. The acquisition is effective immediately. Farnell-Thompson is a global supplier of engineering services, parts and mills to the mining industry. The company already has[…]

In the past few years, Metso has made significant investments in its slurry pump capabilities in South America by establishing pump assembly and competence centres in Peru and Brazil. These regional Metso Pump hubs serve mining customers by offering a full range of slurry handling solutions with shorter lead times and reduced transport-related CO2 emissions.[…]

Neemba, the Cat dealer for 11 countries across West Africa, has become a distributor for the innovative FuelActive fuel pick-up system, which ensures that fuel is taken from the top of the fuel level rather than from the bottom of the tank, where over 95% of contaminants reside. By using only the cleanest fuel, sensitive[…]

Copper and gold mine Oyu Tolgoi recently marked the beginning of its C2S underground conveyor belt commissioning in Mongolia with the posting on February 24 of an informational video on the project to coincide with the first belt pull. Delgerdalai Lkhamsuren, Senior Manager Construction at MCS Property LLC, which has been carrying out underground facilities[…]

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd (HCM) has developed an Operator Assist System aimed at supporting the digging and loading operations of ultra-large hydraulic excavators for improved operational performance and says it will conduct a verification test at one of Rio Tinto’s mine sites in Australia from late March 2024. Through the application of the Operator[…]