Archives: Mining consumables

With the shareholder vote on BHP’s proposed acquisition of copper and gold mining group OZ Minerals expected to be held in early April 2023, and with OZ Minerals Directors unanimously recommending shareholders vote in favour, it is a good time to review the miner’s progress in 2022 and plans for 2023 across its main mining[…]

Austin Engineering says it has received orders for, or been notified of award of, in excess of 210 truck tray orders in the December 2022 to January 2023 period, improving the company’s order book and revenue outlook for the second half of 2023. The orders over the period represent approximately 40% (approximately 500 expected in[…]

A Komatsu Joy 7LS5 shearer recently began production at Arch Resources’ West Elk thermal coal mine in Colorado, making it the sixth operating Joy 7LS5 shearer in the US. Komatsu states: “The reliable 7LS5 model shearer was introduced in 1999 to Peabody Energy Shoal Creek mine as a solution in mid-to-high seams in some of[…]

An important milestone was marked by Minera Candelaria after it began to be supplied with electricity from renewable sources on January 1, a fact that materialised when the agreement with AES Andes entered into force. The contract signed with the generating company is valid until December 2035 and establishes that at least 80% of the[…]

Compania Minera Sierra Gorda SCM (KGHM 55%; South32 45%) has announced that it has started to operate from this month with 100% renewable energy. This achievement is part of the company’s sustainability objectives and represents the removal of the emission of around 1 Mt of CO2 per year. The presentation of this important news took[…]

In February 2022, Poland headquarted mining major KGHM signed an agreement with the American company NuScale Power to begin work on deploying small modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland. The clean energy will power the production divisions of the copper and silver mining company. The technology offered by NuScale Power has been certified by the US[…]

Aaro Cantell, Chairman of Normet Group and Ed Santamaria, President & CEO along with Normet India MD Subhasis Mohanty recently inaugurated the new Normet Centre of Excellence in Jaipur, Rajasthan in India on January 25, 2023. The Centre of Excellence (CoE) is a Global Technology & Production Hub, and will be home to an equipment[…]

Epiroc’s second battery conversion of a 10 t class ST1030 was completed in Spain in February 2022, marking a major step up in its electrification offering for underground customers in Europe. The first ST1030 was done at the company’s facilities in Sudbury, Canada. For the latest news on this growing capability and progress with its[…]

The question of whether bigger means better in mining trucks was raised again recently in a blog post by Uwe Muller, Head of Sales & Marketing Off-Road Solutions at Volvo Autonomous Solutions. Of course one issue with today’s large rigid mining trucks is their CO2 emissions, which motivated a Volvo research project as far back[…]

The scale of the second edition of the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh in January 2023 showed that there is huge potential for mining in Saudi Arabia – and therefore it represents a major growth market for the big mining equipment and technology OEMs. IM Editorial Director Paul Moore recently met up with Mansoor Eskandanian,[…]