Archives: Equipment maintenance

As Komatsu continues to enhance offerings for mining customers in North America, it has announced that it is acquiring certain assets of Matfield Machining to support the growth of its national field service teams, which support mining operations at customer sites throughout the United States and Canada. Assets acquired through this purchase will include a[…]

Metso has extended its manufacturing capacity of mobile track-mounted crushing and screening equipment in Alwar, India, by opening new manufacturing facilities. After the extension is complete, the total size of the Alwar factory is approximately 340,000 sq.m, adding 35% more capacity to the factory initially opened in 2008. The Alwar factory has become one of[…]

A three-party agreement between AngloGold Ashanti, Barminco and Sandvik has resulted in Australia being the testing ground for Sandvik TH665B, the largest battery-electric underground mining truck. Western Australia’s Sunrise Dam mine is hosting the world-first trial as the Sandvik TH665B is put to work in Australian conditions.  Under an agreement between mine owner AngloGold Ashanti, hard[…]

Since 2021, future graphite mining major Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) and Caterpillar, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, have been collaborating to develop, test, and supply an integrated all-electric fleet for the Matawinie mine. In a recent review of its roadmap to zero-exhaust emission mining, NMG said it and Caterpillar’s[…]

Proper haul road dust management at mine sites is paramount for the health and safety of workers. Built on the proven Cat® 785D truck platform, the new Cat 785D Water Solutions Truck from Caterpillar infuses technology with the Cat Water Delivery System (WDS) to offer a smarter way to maintain haul roads, using less water.[…]

Global mining company Gold Fields has begun using a comprehensive digital platform from ABB to coordinate production scheduling and execution across its Granny Smith Mine in Western Australia. The mining leader has deployed the ABB Ability™ Operations Management System (OMS) at the mine, 740 km northeast of Perth. The OMS is a contributing factor to[…]

FQM Zambia’s Kansanshi Mining operation has begun bolstering its fleet for the S3 expansion with the addition of the first new Hitachi EH4000 (number RD170) dump truck that has just been commissioned on the mine site. The Hitachi EH4000AC3 dump truck has a payload capacity of 220 t and four more units are already being[…]

In its just published updated 2022 Climate Report, global copper miner Freeport McMoRan (FCX) reveals that in mid-2023, it approved a new project to convert the fleet of 33 Caterpillar 793 haul trucks at its Bagdad mine in Arizona to become fully autonomous over the next three years. This conversion project will make Bagdad the[…]

China’s XCMG says it has successfully tested its XKY270E rotary blasthole rig, which it says is the first remote control capable and ‘intelligent’ surface mining drill rig developed in China. The company states: “The research and development of the XKY270E represents a breakthrough for XCMG after several years of technology accumulation and refinement. Drilling as[…]

Minnovare says that global underground mining contractor Byrnecut has implemented its Development Optimiser system at a project in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. Minnovare stated: “This significant milestone for the two companies, builds on the success of the Production Optimiser which Byrnecut has implemented at 10 of their projects, with 18 systems currently active[…]