Archives: Mining equipment

PROK, a leader in conveyor equipment manufacturing, is planning to showcase its range of engineered pulleys, PROK HDPE and ROXDUR wear solutions at the upcoming Expomin 2023 event in Santiago, Chile, from April 24-27. Visitors to the PROK booth will have the opportunity to participate in live product demonstrations, view products in augmented reality, and[…]

The Chairman of the Board of Codelco, Máximo Pacheco, together with the Executive Chairman of the Corporation, André Sougarret, met this week with the Chairman of the Board of the Japanese company Mitsui & Co Ltd, Tatsuo Yasunaga, who was visiting Chile. At the meeting, they addressed different issues of interest to both companies. They[…]

Weir Motion Metrics recently cut the ribbon on a new state-of-the-art facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, that, the company says, will allow the business to better serve customers and provide employees with an innovative workspace for collaboration and development. On March 13, Weir Motion Metrics opened the site, which is a combined manufacturing, R&D and[…]

In its just released 2022 Sustainability Report, in the section which discusses climate action and resilience, AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) discusses its pathway to net zero. In 2021, as part of its journey to achieve net zero Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2050, AGA’s Climate Change Working Group presented its Group carbon emissions reduction target,[…]

AngloGold Ashanti, one of Africa’s largest gold producers, has selected Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions to supply a fleet of 27 trucks, loaders and underground drills for its Obuasi mine in Ghana. Obuasi production is expected to average 350,000 to 400,000 oz annually for the next 10 years before ramping up to 400,000 to 450,000[…]

Indiana-based Matrix Design Group is entering the truck bed analytics and monitoring market through a partnership with rubber body manufacturer GRT-VALLEY RUBBER, IM discovered at the SME MINEXCHANGE 2023 Annual Conference & Expo in Denver, USA, last month. Matrix, renowned in mining for its proximity detection and vision-based safety solutions, recently entered into a partnership[…]

Orica has successfully commissioned an automated used oil recycling service that, it says, enables treated used oil from mine sites to be used in the manufacture of quality emulsion for bulk explosives, reducing waste, cost and risks for customers and impact to the environment. Mine sites where Orica’s site-based emulsion plants are located can now[…]

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd has embarked on the production of remanufactured parts for construction machinery, such as medium to large sized hydraulic excavators and medium sized wheel loaders, from March 2023 at Hitachi Construction Machinery Southern Africa Co (Pty) Ltd in Boksburg, Hitachi Construction Machinery’s base for sales and services in the Republic of[…]

Founded in 2016 in Sunnyvale, California, Innovusion is a leading global provider of LiDAR sensor systems. As part of a new strategic cooperation agreement, Innovusion is to provide its image-grade ultra long-range Falcon LiDAR system to the growing Chinese automonous mine haulage technology company, EACON. The deal was signed by EACON VP Lin Qiao and[…]

Swedish mining group Boliden is becoming one of the first in the world to start using battery-electric trucks for heavy underground transport starting 2023. In mining environments, the electric trucks can deliver several big advantages – including no exhaust emissions, a safer workplace, and quieter working conditions. The mining industry is today going through a[…]