Archives: Equipment maintenance

In China, longwall shearers have successfully been applied in bauxite mines and are operating well. This is the world’s first underground bauxite mining technique using this type of comprehensive mechanised mining technology. The key equipment supplier, China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corporation (CCTEG), says it transforms coal mining machines into bauxite mining machines for extraction,[…]

Ground Force Worldwide has announced a new partnership with Field Mining Services Group (FMS) out of Australia, with FMS set to become the official preferred distributor and service provider for all Ground Force and TowHaul products and services across the country. Ground Force, in September 2022, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire[…]

North American Construction Group says it has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement to acquire MacKellar Group for an estimated C$395 million ($300 million). MacKellar Group, with its heavy construction equipment fleet, is an Australia-based provider of heavy earthworks solutions to the mining and civil sectors, with a reputation derived from decades of[…]

Komatsu has announced a $250,000 contribution towards Vision 2025, an AED (Associated Equipment Distributors) Foundation project aimed at helping to increase the number of qualified technicians entering the equipment distribution industry. Research by the AED Foundation has found that the industry needs to fill an anticipated 73,500 heavy equipment technician positions over the next five[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions says it is introducing the Sandvik DR413i, the fourth drill rig in its intelligent rotary blasthole range. Purpose-built for high-altitude hard rock mines, the “Sandvik DR413i represents the natural evolution of Sandvik D90, known across the globe for its consistency and durability.” Described as ideal for iron ore and copper[…]

Schlam has announced Sudhanshu Singh as the company’s new President – Americas, responsible for leading the company’s growth strategy in the Americas region, working from the Schlam’s Americas headquarters in Tucson, Arizona. Singh will also serve as a Director and Senior Company Officer of the Schlam Americas Company. Schlam’s Americas Companies operate as self-sufficient businesses,[…]

Tribe Technology, the developer and manufacturer of autonomous drill rig and sampling technology, has announced an agreement with global mining company Anglo American for the deployment of its first generation autonomous Reverse Circulation Drill Rig. The TTDS GC 700 RC Drill Rig will be manufactured at Tribe Tech’s facilities near Belfast, Northern Ireland, with the[…]

Gold mining major Kinross has released its 2022 Climate Report in which J. Paul Rollinson, the President and Chief Executive Officer discusses how it is translating ESG Strategy into Climate Change Action. He states: “We continue to take important steps to address climate change through renewable energy projects, power purchase agreements, electric autonomous haulage partnerships,[…]

Multotec has recently expanded its operation in Brazil with the opening of a manufacturing facility that, it says, enables the company to bring its manufacturing capabilities closer to its customers in the country, increasing its speed to market and enabling it to better serve the local mining sector. Located in the city of Contagem, in[…]

In April 2023, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore toured Metso’s state of the art Performance Center in Santiago, Chile with Pablo Zuniga – Metso’s Remote Services Manager (pictured at the facility above). The facility is just a small part of Metso’s office space in the city but an increasingly important one as mining houses look[…]