Archives: Equipment maintenance

The first battery-powered haul truck at the operations of Chilean iron ore miner Compañía Minera del Pacífico (CMP), a CAP Group company, recently arrived at its pellet plant facilities in Huasco and successfully completed a series of pilot tests which were carried out to assess its suitability for future operation at the site. The truck[…]

All four of the world’s leading large mining truck OEMs, namely Caterpillar, Komatsu, Liebherr and Hitachi, attended The Electric Mine 2023 conference in force in May and all gave presentations on their technologies and outlook relating to mining’s energy transition. Caterpillar’s Group President of Resource Industries Denise Johnson opened the conference with a really upbeat[…]

CSI Mining Services (CSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mineral Resources (MinRes), recently bolstered its in-house capability with the acquisition of G&G Mining. Previously a subsidiary of Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB, G&G Mining specialises in the design, manufacture, repair and refurbishment of mobile mining equipment. The acquisition means CSI can now provide these services to MinRes[…]

A company dedicated to optimising the safety and performance of industrial plant installations and maintenance is upgrading the safety of bucketwheel reclaimer head fastening with a Technofast hydraulic bolting solution available throughout North America. Motion Australia – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company – uses Technofast EziTite® hydraulic bolts to precisely and swiftly secure[…]

Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification verifying that its mining tyre recycling facility in Chile processes circular feedstocks. “Kal Tire is committed to promoting a circular economy where recycled mining tire products are given their highest and best use,” says Dan Allan, Senior VP, Kal Tire’s[…]

China’s JCHX Mining Management is one of the most successful mining contractors in Africa – through its subsidiary Jimond Mining Management Company (JMMC) it carries out development and mining operations at the Kamoa-Kakula copper mine in DRC, owned primarily by Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin Mining. Also in DRC it is the mining and development contractor[…]

ABB has developed the new generation AMI 5800 NEMA modular induction motor it says to offer exceptional energy efficiency and reliability in demanding applications such as pumps, compressors, fans, conveyors and crushers. Rated for a power output of up to 1,750 hp, the AMI 5800 “offers the capability for a high degree of modularity and[…]

Siemens has announced that Innomotics has launched in Germany as a separately managed legal entity as of July 1, 2023. Under a single roof, the supplier of motors and large drives brings together business activities with low- to high-voltage motors, geared motors, medium-voltage converters and motor spindles as well as project and service offerings for[…]

Austin Engineering says it has now received all the purchase orders expected following a successful tender process last year, plus a further 25% in additional orders, under a single contract for truck trays to be delivered to Western Australia. The value of the orders received to date is approximately A$25 million ($16.7 million). The first[…]

Western Australia-based mining product and services supplier, Schlam, is commemorating the delivery of the 300th Hercules mining dump body to one of its key customers, BHP Western Australia Iron Ore. BHP WAIO received its first Hercules body in 2018 and formalised a supply agreement with Schlam in November of the same year. Today, nearly all[…]