Archives: Industrial minerals

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions says it has secured an order for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from BHP for the Jansen potash project, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Jansen Stage 1 is being designed with a focus on sustainability and technology and the battery-electric loaders will be used in the most advanced potash mine[…]

Turkey’s Nuh Cement has already innovated in mining fleet electrification via converting its diesel hydraulic shovels to electric operation with cable reels and electric motors. With the aim to save another 1 million litres of diesel fuel annually it is now converting its diesel-fuelled dump trucks to battery electric. It began the electric truck transformation[…]

TAKRAF Group says it is registering strong demand for its new generation DELKOR BQR flotation cell, now equipped with the MAXGen mechanism for best-in-class metallurgical performance across a wide range of commodities. Its MAXGen-equipped cells were first commercially applied at a cement works in India, in order to maximise limestone recovery. In other, more recent[…]

In a presentation at the Bank of America Securities 2022 Global Metals, Mining & Steel Conference, BHP CEO Mike Henry talked up the potential for potash and decisions it has made to accelerate final development of its Jansen project in Saskatchewan, Canada, which in Stage 1 is expected to produce approximately 4.35 Mt/y of potash.[…]

One option for bringing the zero emissions benefits of battery electric today without the lead time or cost of a new underground BEV is a battery conversion, where Sweden’s Epiroc has been leading the way. While Epiroc’s first battery conversion, a 10 t class Scooptram ST1030 underground loader, was completed in Sudbury in Canada in[…]

Metso Outotec and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have signed a global exclusive cooperation agreement on the delivery of SwirlFlow® agitation technology for the bauxite and alumina sector outside of China. The combination of the companies’ leading expertise in their respective fields will allow the parties to create the strongest offering to the market for[…]

In what it claims are the world’s largest vertical ring Wet High Gradient Magnetic Separator (WHGMS) and High Gradient Magnetic Filter (HGMF) recently rolled off the production line at leading Chinese magnetic separation equipment and technology supplier, Shandong Huate Magnet Technology Co, based in Linqu Economic Development Area, Weifang City, Shandong. Specifically, the LHGC–5000 vertical[…]

The BEUMER Group, based in Beckum, Germany, a leading international manufacturer of intralogistics systems in the areas of conveyor and loading systems, palletising and packaging technology as well as sorting and distribution systems, has taken over fellow German company FAM GmbH, Magdeburg, a major supplier of conveyor systems and loading technology. The contracts were signed[…]

During the sixth In-Pit Crushing & Conveying Conference – IPCC 2022 in Cancun, Mexico, held 28-29 April, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore had the chance to sit down with Neville Kelly – Business Development Manager and Elia Khoury – Engineering Manager at Bunbury, Western Australia based RCR Mining Technologies, which has seen remarkable growth and[…]

British Gypsum’s Barrow-upon-Soar gypsum mine in the UK, part of Saint-Gobain, and supplying a nearby plaster plant which is the largest and most advanced in Europe, recently invested in two low profile underground lithium battery-powered gypsum haulers to cut CO2 emissions by a quarter. By replacing existing diesel-powered units, it is estimated these improvements will[…]