Archives: Mining consumables

India’s typical rigid mining truck class for many years has been 100 ton (91 t) represented by models like the locally made Caterpillar 777, BEML BH100 and Komatsu HD785. Looking at the 777 as an example, it has a long history – first produced in India way back in 1986 as the 777B and followed[…]

On March 2, 2023, Epiroc Iberia celebrated the opening of its Service Center in Aljustrel, Portugal. The event was attended by clients, partners, representatives from the Aljustrel Municipal Council, and Luis Araneda, the President of Epiroc Parts & Services Division.  Strategically located in the heart of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, Epiroc says the centre is[…]

Chile-based global explosives and blasting major Enaex says its UG-iTruck®, which can perform 100% remote, robotic and autonomous explosives loading for tunnel development operations in underground mining, has now arrived at copper giant Codelco’s El Teniente operation, the world’s largest underground copper mine. Enaex stated: “By creating stronger bonds with Codelco, we have taken a step[…]

Mining conveyor major Fenner Conveyors, a Michelin Group company, has celebrated the grand opening of ‘K3,’ its third Siempelkamp plant at its Kwinana/Australia location with the commissioning of a steel cord conveyor belt press line including a multi-cylinder press. The company, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of conveyor belts for mining and large-scale industry, partnered with Siempelkamp[…]

Cardinal Namdini Mining Ltd, a subsidiary of Shandong Gold, has awarded Metso Outotec an order for a SAG mill and a mill relining machine as well as a sizeable wear and spare parts package to be delivered to their gold project in the northern part of Ghana. The order value, which was not disclosed, was[…]

The challenge of electrifying mining haul truck operations has taken a step forward with the formal launch today of the CharIN Mining Taskforce, a partnership between global organisations CharIN and ICMM. The partnership enables ICMM to address technical bottlenecks around the interoperability of battery-electric charging systems for the roll-out of zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mining[…]

Centamin, the LSE and TSX listed gold miner and the owner and operator of the Sukari Gold Mine, Egypt’s largest and first modern gold mine, as well as one of the world’s largest producing gold mines, has published its Decarbonisation Roadmap to 2030. Sukari has both open pit and underground operations and produced 440,974 oz in[…]

South Africa-based blasting and explosive solutions specialist BME has taken another significant step in its globalisation strategy through the recent signing of a joint venture (JV) with a leading Indonesian player.  The mining subsidiary of Omnia Holdings, BME has signed a Conditional Sale and Purchase of Shares Agreement with PT Multi Nitrotama Kimia (MNK), an[…]

Epiroc says its 14 t class Scooptram ST14 battery electric loader (LHD) is now on trial at Hudbay’s Lalor mine in Snow Lake, Manitoba, Canada as that miner continues to electrify its operations. The Lalor mine (gold, zinc, copper, silver) is a low-cost gold producer that substantially benefitted from the refurbishment of the New Britannia[…]

Following a successful implementation at its Loulo-Gounkoto underground complex in Mali, West Africa, mining giant Barrick Gold Corporation is adopting Sandvik’s Remote Monitoring Service (RMS) for its entire global underground fleet of more than 200 connected Sandvik trucks, loaders and drills. RMS rollout has started at Barrick sites in Canada, Central Africa, West Africa and[…]