Archives: Equipment maintenance

With almost 70 years of demonstrated expertise in complex engineering, heavy fabrication, and machining for its own range of material handling equipment, Bell Equipment is now offering these specialist services to all industries in South Africa through its newly formed division, Bell Heavy Industries (BHI). Bell Equipment’s Group Business Development Director, Stephen Jones emphasises the[…]

As the demand for raw material continues to surge, the spotlight has turned to the mining sector, bringing both greenfield and brownfield mining projects into focus. Ensuring these ventures are efficiently executed without compromising on time or budget necessitates a tailored strategy. Often, this means relying on the expertise of an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction[…]

In an innovative step that promotes both sustainability and local economic development, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is recycling the carbide buttons on its drill bits while boosting entrepreneurship and creating jobs in South Africa. The local initiative is part of a global strategy by the company to continuously improve the circularity of its manufacturing[…]

Pronto, the Silicon Valley-based autonomy pioneer with a new Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) approach for mining, has announced a partnership with RAICO SA, a leading mining and forestry equipment sales and rental services provider in Chile, to scale mining and forestry autonomy in the country. Under the agreement, RAICO will exclusively provide sales, distribution, installation,[…]

As mining methods continue to modernise, sustainability and safety remain top priorities for operations as they adopt new technologies to boost their overall productivity. For IAMGOLD Corporation’s Côté Gold Project, their willingness to embrace this evolving technology coincides with their vision for zero harm in all operations and activities undertaken by their organisation. This goal[…]

International Mining had the chance to hear from BHP’s Vice President Maintenance & Engineering Centre of Excellence Maria Joyce in person at the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) this week when she presented a keynote on how the company sees the future of maintenance, technology and innovation. Joyce said BHP’s focus remains squarely on[…]

Bis Industries says it has reached the next stage in the commissioning process of its innovative HUGO underground mining truck – Proof of Concept testing. Last week HUGO was loaded up with payloads of 80 t, testing the diesel electric hybrid power train in a range of situations to mimic underground hard rock mining haulage.[…]

Founded in 1978, Mining Machinery Developments (MMD), a global producer of mining solutions, has grown considerably over the last 45 years. This month is celebrated its 20th anniversary in China, recognising the achievements and dedication of personnel with a variety of different activities. MMD was set up to design and produce mining solutions for the[…]

In its recently announced third quarter 2023 results, Imperial Oil revealed that it has now completed its autonomous haulage program with all 81 of its Caterpillar 363 t class 797F heavy haul trucks at its Kearl oil sands mine in Alberta now fully converted to autonomous operation. CEO Brad Corson stated: “With this, we now[…]

Mine Performance Navigator (MPN), idoba’s AI-powered decision-support and analysis tool, has now been rolled out to a dozen underground mine sites. MPN is significant as it is the first product fully conceived, designed, developed and delivered by idoba, and now it is live across 12 major mining projects Australia-wide. idoba states: “MPN integrates the KPIs[…]