Archives: Equipment maintenance

In addition to its big global move in July when it acquired Australia’s MacKellar Group for C$395 million, North American Construction Group has bolstered its Australian expansion by also acquiring Western Plant Hire, located in the Naval Base suburb just outside of Perth. NACG said the fully maintained fleet provider “prides itself on delivering late[…]

Wajax Corporation says it has acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Ontario-based Beta Fluid Power Ltd and Beta Industrial Ltd, further expanding its Industrial Parts and Engineered Repair Services offering. Beta Fluid is a leading regional supplier of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for use in the industrial, mining and construction sectors. It[…]

In 1893 only 44 of today’s 50 states formed the union, and Grover Cleveland was elected the country’s 24th President. College basketball was in its infancy, holding its first official game. And the Bucyrus Steam Shovel and Dredge Company opened a new manufacturing facility in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to improve and expand its production facilities.[…]

Global engineering, procurement and construction company Bechtel has chosen Latin American equipment remarketing experts Elebbre to manage an auction of its equipment from a major mines’ expansion and desalination plant construction – all underpinned by the latest auction technology from Krank. The expansion of the world’s largest copper mine in northern Chile has prompted a[…]

Fortescue has reflected on rapid progress with its green zero emissions technology strategy in its just released Climate, Sustainability and Annual Reports. In FY23 (July 2022 to July 2023), Fortescue deployed its first prototypes on site and in June 2023, its first battery electric haul truck arrived at Christmas Creek. The ‘Roadrunner,’ based on a converted 240[…]

Having completed comprehensive internal validation of its Autonomous Haulage Solution (AHS) at Liebherr’s Mining Technology Development Centre in the USA, Liebherr Mining has announced that it has deployed a fleet of four T 264 trucks in Q3 2023 to an unnamed mine site in Western Australia to support onsite validation. This onsite validation marks a[…]

Accenture has acquired ATI Solutions Group (ATI), a Perth-based consulting service provider to the mining, energy and rail industries. ATI will enhance Accenture’s capabilities in West Australia, where specialised digital and industrial talent is in high demand. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ATI Accenture said offers clients “a broad skill set and has[…]

Cummins Inc has announced approval of its entire line of diesel high horsepower engines across all ratings for use with unblended paraffinic fuels (EN15940), often referred to as renewable diesel, including hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). It states: “Utilising renewable diesels like HVO are shown to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission by up to 90%[…]

Multotec says it has expanded its facilities and capacity of its mill lining factory in Spartan, South Africa, to meet the rising demand, enabling the company to manufacture larger mill liners for clients around the globe. The expansion consists of the installation of three new presses at the factory that will boost manufacturing capacity by 15-20%[…]

McLanahan has developed a condition monitoring program to help customers keep an eye on the health of their machines. McLanahan developed the condition monitoring package for three primary reasons: to allow customers to understand the health of their machine, to allow McLanahan technicians the ability to dial into the machine remotely and to pass any[…]