Archives: Mining consumables

There are many issues to consider when specifying the most appropriate conveyor belt cleaner, not the least of which is maintaining proper tension to achieve optimum cleaning performance without introducing related problems, Martin Engineering says. Inadequate tensioning causes carryback to cling to the belt and spill along its path, piling up under the conveyor and[…]

Mines with large diesel-powered haul truck fleets are looking to the future of zero emissions operation with new technologies like battery electric but for now they want to make inroads with decarbonisation with their existing fleets. One option for doing this is hydrogen (more specifically hydrogen and oxygen mixture, HHO, gas) produced from electrolysis which[…]

Global mineral processing solutions company Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions is this year to integrate its two recent South African acquisitions into the Sandvik company structure – with the aim of becoming the preferred crushing and screening supplier to the mining industry in Africa. Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions South Africa will be formed from Kwatani, acquired[…]

Back in July 2022, Epiroc took at big step forward in its battery electric roadmap in surface equipment when it announced it had entered an agreement with Skanska Industrial Solutions AB to trial the first ever tophammer battery-electric rig in Sweden. Trials commenced in early October 2022 and are ongoing. Another unit was then shown[…]

New Gold has ordered four more Sandvik LH518B battery-electric loaders for its New Afton copper-gold mine in British Columbia. The new battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) will join the first-ever Sandvik LH518B, which New Afton trialled in late 2020 before purchasing in February 2021, and two Sandvik Z50 BEV trucks also operating at the mine. Located approximately[…]

Metso Outotec says it is developing its global supply chain operations by reorganising its screening media production in North and Central America, with the opening of new capacity in Mexico and the discontinuing of operations in Missouri, USA. The new screening media production capacity in Irapuato, Mexico, is planned to significantly increase supply and delivery[…]

With the aim of advancing towards increasingly sustainable mining with cleaner energy, Caserones, a copper mine in Chile operated by SCM Minera Lumina Copper Chile, and indirectly 100% owned by JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation of Japan, has signed an agreement with the Swiss company Retrofitting to Zero (RTZ) to carry out an engineering[…]

The first battery electric Scania truck has arrived at Rio Tinto’s Paraburdoo operation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. For the next three months, the mining company will be putting the Scania truck through its paces, testing its operation, maintenance, performance, and safety features before handing it over to the onsite team. James Davison,[…]

FLSmidth’s Capital Markets Day on January 18, 2023 marked the culmination of a major portfolio review that really ramped up on the completion of its acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s mining business on September 1, 2022. But the overall change at FLSmidth also runs much deeper – Group CEO Mikko Keto also said during the CMD event[…]

RPMGlobal’s software & technology solutions span the whole mining industry from exploration to closure. But two areas – ESG and zero emissions mining fleets – are very topical at the moment and very much in its wheelhouse. IM Editorial Director, Paul Moore, had the chance to talk in-depth with the company at IMARC 2022. Starting[…]