Archives: Industrial minerals

Original equipment manufacturer, Multotec says it has won a tender from Tronox’s Namakwa Sands to replace a trommel at the mine’s Primary Concentration Plant East (PCPE) at its Brand se Baai site, in South Africa. Greta Mantell, Technical Sales Representative at Multotec Manufacturing, said the scope of supply included the trommel screen, screen panels and[…]

W Resources says the first T2 blast at the La Parrilla tungsten mine in Spain shot successfully on April 30. The blast covered a mainly barren zone to prepare access to the 10 m benches closer to the run of mine pad and crusher plant in the Fast Track Mine area, the company said. This[…]

WorleyParsons has announced it has paid the consideration to complete the $3.2 billion (A$4.55 billion) acquisition of Jacobs ECR and the acquisition was completed on Friday 26 April 2019 New York time. “The new merged business is a pre-eminent global provider of professional project and asset services in energy, chemicals and resources employing 57,600 people[…]

I wrote this month’s leader, which will also head up our May 2019 print issue, travelling at speeds of well over 300 km/h on a Chinese high speed train between Luoyang and Changsha. The network of bullet trains that now crisscross the country on their own indicate the strength of Chinese engineering expertise and a[…]

Sandvik has acquired privately-owned Newtrax, a supplier of leading technology in wireless connectivity to monitor and provide insights on underground operations, including people, machines and the environment. “By including Newtrax into the Sandvik family we further strengthen our leading position in areas related to automation and digitalization,” says Henrik Ager, President of Sandvik Mining and[…]

Hexagon’s Mining division today announced the acquisition of Split Engineering, a leader in coarse rock fragmentation size measurement systems, software and services. Optimised fragmentation can save a mine significant costs while improving drill and blast processes. Split Engineering’s image processing technology delivers high-quality information that enables customers to manage their processes from drill to mill[…]

Industry innovator CDE – the leading manufacturer of wet processing equipment – says it is redefining how the modern plant operates through the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) to boost productivity. At Bauma 2019, CDE launched a new intelligent plant featuring the manufacturer’s pioneering next generation technology. The plant utilises advances in machine learning and[…]

Haver & Boecker has established the global brand Haver & Boecker Niagara to combine the engineering expertise and product portfolios of its three mineral processing locations in Brazil, Canada and Germany. In the past, the three locations acted individually for their respective regions and territories. Customers around the world will benefit from shared innovative technology,[…]

CDE has launched the Combo™ in a move set to revolutionise the wet processing industry. The patented Combo™ – the world’s first all-in-one wet processing plant – was unveiled at Bauma in Munich. CDE which has a long history of ground-breaking innovation and holds more patents than anyone else in the sector brought the pioneering[…]

Automation technology is transforming the mining industry and empowering drilling operations across the globe. The updated SmartROC D65 is the latest drill rig from Epiroc to make evolutionary strides. This tried and trusted rig now has Epiroc’s innovative automation-ready platform as its foundation. The new SmartROC D65 will premiere at Bauma in Munich, which runs[…]