Archives: Mining equipment

A record half-yearly revenue and progress with new technologies such as COREVIBE™, XTRACTA™ and MAGHAMMER™ has IMDEX riding a positive wave. The company recorded revenue of A$127.9 million ($86 million) in the six months ending December 31, 2019, up from A$125 million a year ago. IMDEX said it was present on around 70% of drilling[…]

Liebherr’s new 240 t class T 264 electric AC drive truck is starting to make strides, with AngloGold Ashanti announcing that six units are being added to its Tropicana gold mine fleet in Australia, upping the ante from the current Caterpillar 793 227 t class fleet. The new machines are being operated by contract miner[…]

Outokumpu, a global leader in stainless steel manufacturing, has selected mining automation and digitalisation major, Sandvik, to deliver the OptiMine® digital platform as an underground operations management system to improve productivity at the Kemi chromite mine in Finland. “One of the key elements of digitalisation at Kemi Mine is improving the situational picture. By visualising[…]

ALROSA’s Production System Development Centre (PSDC) and Aikhal Mining and Processing Division are gearing up to launch the Perfect Shift project set to improve performance and reduce downtime of the mining fleet. Aikhal Division started to look into organisational changes required for the mine’s efficiency improvement initiatives back in late 2019. To adapt the Perfect[…]

Weir Minerals Africa, having over the last 40 years proven the credentials of its Enduron® range of vibrating screens, is now locally designing and manufacturing new-generation linear motion vibrating screens. One of these new, modern screen designs is part of a recent Weir Minerals Africa complete comminution plant contract for a South Africa mining project.[…]

The new Cat® trolley assist system for Cat electric drive mining trucks is now available for mining operations seeking a means to reduce carbon emissions, lower fuel and engine costs, and boost speed-on-grade for greater productivity. The Cat trolley assist retrofit kit is currently available for the 795F AC truck, and the trolley design is[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, last year, made a clear statement to the underground mining equipment sector with the acquisition of Artisan Vehicle Systems: the future is electric. With this acquisition having bedded in and International Mining Events’ The Electric Mine 2020 conference, in Stockholm, Sweden, just around the corner, IM caught up with Sandvik[…]

Epiroc has signed a contract with Roy Hill to deliver a fully automated haul truck solution for the iron ore mining operation in Western Australia. In partnership with automation specialist ASI Mining – which Epiroc owns 34% of – Epiroc is to convert Roy Hill’s haul trucks from manned to autonomous use. The two will[…]

A Doppelmayr RopeCon® system is to help Aggregate Industries with an innovative backfill solution at its Bardon Hill quarry, in Leicestershire, England. Aggregate Industries has recently developed a new quarry extension at this strategically important site, one of the UK’s oldest continuously operated quarries, extending mineral production for a further 27 years, according to Doppelmayr.[…]

Outotec says it has been awarded a contract from Renaissance Minerals, a subsidiary of Emerald Resources, for the delivery of process equipment to the greenfield Okvau gold project, in Cambodia. The order value, booked into Outotec’s 2020 March quarter order intake, is around €13 million ($14.2 million). Outotec’s scope includes the delivery of an Outotec[…]