Archives: Equipment maintenance

Munro Vehicles, a manufacturer of all-electric 4x4s, and Scotland’s only volume production car company, has announced an equity crowdfunding round and revealed details of design and technical enhancements for its all-electric 4×4 Series-M Pick-Up and Series-M Truck models, driven by extensive field trials of, and customer feedback on, the Munro MK_1 pre-production model. Munro is[…]

Epiroc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Newcrest, one of the world’s largest gold mining companies, for a new strategic partnership. This newest collaboration aims to take a holistic approach towards the entire mining process at several of Newcrest’s mines, supported by Epiroc’s leading portfolio of automation, digitalisation, and electrification solutions. “The mining[…]

Last week, leading global electric motors and drives group WEG SA based in Brazil announced that through its indirect subsidiaries abroad, it will acquire the industrial electric motors and generators business of Regal Rexnord Corporation, a global manufacturer of electromechanical equipment. The acquisition value is $400 million, subject to common price adjustments for this type of[…]

Mining3, a member-driven mining research organisation, recently announced a call to industry to participate in a collaboration to demonstrate a Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) system for mining vehicles using technology currently available in the transport sector. Leaders in wireless power, ENRX, will provide the dynamic WPT technology. Battery and BEV technology specialist, 3ME Technology,[…]

Tube (pipe) conveyors offer numerous advantages as an efficient and environmentally friendly system for material handling, including flexible routing, reduced transfer points and, since it is an enclosed system, protection of the environment and the material being conveyed from mutual contamination. However, tube conveyors are prone to belt twisting due to, amongst others, an unstable[…]

Lekatech Oy, the Finnish technology company, is introducing a groundbreaking electric hammer based on its patented linear electric motor technology, which is says reshapes the market for impact hammers, arguing that the electric impact hammer technology is unparalleled worldwide. “Our technological breakthrough not only enables more energy-efficient earthmoving and mining operations, but also strengthens the[…]

FLSmidth is to deliver three Top Service Design (TSUV) gyratory crushers to a long-standing copper mining customer in South America, the OEM says. This new order allows FLSmidth to overhaul existing equipment with newer crusher technologies to boost efficiency for the company, it says. The order is valued at approximately DKK200 million ($28.3 million) and[…]

Outside of its most established markets of Australia and Indonesia, Chile is a key focus region for the world’s top mining contractor, Thiess. On a recent visit to Chile, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore met with Darrell White, Thiess Group Executive, Americas, at its corporate office in Santiago, to talk about its journey in the[…]

Global iron ore and base metals mining major Vale recently gave its 2023 XXIII Investor and Analyst Tour of its Northern System operations, which is its high volume iron ore hub in the state of Pará, Brazil and which includes three main mining areas: Serra Norte, Serra Leste, and S11D. It also includes its Morro do[…]

Luna Innovations Inc, a global leader in advanced fibre optic-based technology, has won what it says is a large contract to provide heat detection monitoring of 40 km of conveyor belt in 11 South African mines. Luna’s contract is with a leading South African provider of risk-management solutions providing services to the operator of the[…]