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A contract was recently signed between iron ore miner and steel producer Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation (Ansteel) and Inner Mongolia North Hauler (NHL), part of Inner Mongolia North Heavy Industries Group (NHI), itself a part of China North Industries Group Corporation (Norinco), for the supply to Ansteel of ten NTE200 electric drive mining[…]

Since the European Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC has came into effect in December 2009, mining machine manufacturers have had to comply with and therefore have to assess the risks resulting from their mining equipment. An important measure for risk reduction is functional safety, based on the harmonised standards IEC 62061 and ISO 13849. The new Rexroth[…]

Sandvik has introduced a multifunctional NSU (N surface and underground) core barrel system, a first of its kind that features interchangeable components and offers standard and pump-in applications in a single system. The NSU core barrel system features an innovative new design that should not only increase productivity, but also offers a more cost-efficient solution[…]

CMS Cepcor has recently been granted planning permission to substantially expand their facilities at their Coalville headquarters in the UK. This new expansion includes the construction of a new purpose built head office that will incorporate its research and development, inspection, sales, administration and crusher training facilities alongside the substantial expansion of its existing crusher parts storage[…]

CSIRO has used solar energy to generate hot and pressurised ‘supercritical’ steam, at the highest temperatures ever achieved in the world outside of fossil fuel sources. Supercritical steam is a breakthrough for solar energy and means that one day the sun could be used to drive the most advanced power stations in the world, currently[…]

Austin Engineering, the global designer and manufacturer of engineered mining products, has officially added the Hitachi EX8000-6 excavator bucket (backhoe configuration) to its excavator product range. The design model has been verified by FEA analysis in keeping with Austin Engineering’s practice of testing and verifying engineering theory.  Their in-depth engineering process provides results in productivity improvements[…]

Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded the value and basic engineering contract for the Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in New Brunswick, Canada, which is majority-owned and operated by Northcliff Resources. Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is providing planning and engineering services for the plant and associated site infrastructure of the proposed mine project, which is expected to advance[…]

More than 40 years ago TAKRAF supplied the first F60 conveyor bridges. In order to ensure operational reliability and stability for a further long-term use of the conveyor bridges, the company says it has now developed several modernisation and refurbishment schemes. On the basis of comprehensive structural analyses made during recent years, TAKRAF proposes to replace the[…]

RAG Mining Solutions employees safeguard production availability by testing belt conveyor systems. Numerous operators already rely on the services of the experts. The experts of the laboratory test put the delivered belt conveyors through their paces. The RAG Mining Solutions Testing Institute does not only test belts for the mining industry but also textile conveyor[…]

Magontec has concluded three agreements that provide the economic and operating basis for its future endeavours at Golmud in Qinghai Province, China. These agreements are the basis upon which Magontec will invest $11 million in the magnesium alloy cast house equipment adjacent to the Qinghai electrolytic magnesium smelter. Magontec raised the capital required for this[…]