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Orlaco introduced RadarEye, an innovative vision system, to the market in 2012. It is an advanced camera and monitor system that feeds constant, real-time vision and detection information of the working area to the vehicle operator. Since its introduction, the RadarEye system has been helping to improve the safety and efficiency of industrial vehicles for[…]

In a move designed to improve customer service and component availability across Canada, two of the region’s most respected suppliers have announced an exclusive alliance to deliver bulk material handling solutions.  Belterra Corp, Canada’s largest distributor of conveyor belting and material flow handling products, accessories and services becomes the exclusive distributor of Martin® components throughout[…]

The latest issue of International Mining Project News, out today, has reports on 18 prefeasibility studies, three feasibility studies, and 11 projects in development, nine new mines that have gone into production, nine existing operations that are expanding and three merger and acquisition announcements, and many new appointments to new positions. The report covers 19 gold projects,[…]

Mine Site Technologies USA, Inc has announced the addition of Pillar Innovations as the newest channel partner covering the US. Mine Site Technologies, a leader in the field of industrial networking and communication products for the mining industry, has been very active and focused on growing business in the US. “The addition of a channel partner[…]

CiDRA Oilsands has achieved the successful commissioning of over 1,000 HALO® pipe wear measurement and characterisation systems. HALO SMARTring technology and service, a leading automated pipe wear measurement tool and service in the oil sands industry, “overcomes the deficiencies of traditional, manual ultrasonic methods for measuring pipe wall wear.” CiDRA says it leverages its sonar and signal processing[…]

An abandoned mine near Stanford University is providing geoscientists new insights on how to permanently entomb greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth. For two years, a team of Stanford researchers has been trying to unravel a geological mystery at the Red Mountain mine about 112 km east of the campus. The abandoned mine contains some[…]

Copper producers could see significant savings if copper cathode production did not require lead anodes. The environment would benefit too. Chilean engineer and inventor Manuel Umaña has invented a new way of producing copper cathodes in the SX-EW process that does not require a lead anode. A pilot project just outside the Chilean capital of[…]

ABMEC, the Association of British Mining Equipment Companies, held its fourth Annual Conference at the Warmsworth Hall Hotel near Doncaster on November 14, with 66 delegates in attendance. The main thrust of the conference, with input from 10 distinguished industry-related speakers, was to address the key issues facing the global mining industry, and the minerals[…]

Moventas has reintroduced its legacy brand Santasalo as the brand for its industrial gears business, which includes heavy duty gears for mining and minerals applications on a turnkey basis for grinding mills; pyro processing; bulk material handling; and process equipment such as equipment for mixing, agitating and aeration. The Moventas Group, now renamed Santasalo Moventas,[…]

An electrical engineer with engineering and project delivery group Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) has won the prestigious AW Roberts Award, which was presented by the Australian Society for Bulk Solids Handling (ASBSH), in a ceremony held in Sydney, Australia in November 2013. Jacob Power won the ASBSH AW Roberts Award, named after industry leader Alan Roberts, “which[…]