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PT Delta Dunia Makmur Tbk (Delta Dunia Group) announced that its subsidiary, PT Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama (BUMA), through its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, BUMA Australia Pty Ltd (BUMA Australia) has been selected by TEC Coal Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Stanwell Corporation, to continue providing mining services at the Meandu mine in Queensland, Australia.[…]

BHP is the first customer to announce plans to trial Caterpillar Inc.’s Cat® Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET) system on battery electric and diesel electric mining trucks at BHP sites. Caterpillar announced the launch of the Cat DET solution last week ahead of displaying a Cat 798 AC with a DET attachment at MINExpo 2024, this[…]

Komatsu has announced a significant step forward in their joint commitment to sustainable mining together with Boliden, a leading global mining and metals company with a strong focus on sustainable production. At MINExpo 2024, Komatsu unveiled its all-new Power Agnostic 930E haul truck, built on Komatsu’s modular power-agnostic platform, this new generation truck allows customers[…]

Boliden is used to setting the standard in mining, and its latest innovation leap focused on electrification at the Rävliden mine in northern Sweden is another example of it leading from the front. The Sweden-based company has a vision of being the most climate-friendly and respected metal provider in the world, and, from what IM[…]

Kestrel Coal Resources has announced that it has partnered with the Queensland Government, through the Treasury’s Low Emissions Investment Partnerships (LEIP) program, for the funding of a 30 MW coal mine waste gas power station project. The project will allow the company to expand its gas drainage system to capture more gas, preventing it from[…]

Endomines Finland Oyj’s subsidiary, Endomines Oy, has entered into a cooperation agreement with mining contractor Veljekset Toivanen Oy, covering the underground mining operations in the Hosko production site. Endomines opened the Hosko open pit mine in February 2024. Hosko is located on the Karelian Gold Line, about 20 km north of Pampalo. The company is[…]

Looking at a typical mining site, wear steel is used as liners in hoppers, feeders and chutes, as well as for hammers in crushers or in screens for sorting. Hardox® 600 is, SSAB says, a wear steel that performs well across a surprisingly wide range of abrasive materials, operating requirements and types of equipment, including[…]

Bellevue Gold Limited has started the underground decline development at the Tribune portal, part of its namesake mine in Western Australia, employing a new Sandvik DD422iE battery-electric jumbo as part of its production growth strategy. The Tribune decline milestone is significant because Tribune will provide a second independent mine access route. It will be the[…]

The boards of AngloGold Ashanti and Centamin have agreed the terms of a recommended acquisition of Centamin in a deal that values the company at $2.5 billion. Centamin’s flagship asset is the Sukari gold mine, which is Egypt’s largest and first modern gold mine, as well as one of the world’s largest producing mines. Since[…]

At Colombia’s Carbones Del Cerrejón mine, which faces periods of extreme heat and humidity, a Hitachi EX3600-6 excavator has surpassed expectations, clocking over 100,000 hours of operation. This feat, which far exceeds its anticipated lifecycle, is rare, with less than 1% of machines reaching such limits, yet the Cerrejón mine accomplished it through a robust[…]