Archives: Mining equipment

BHP has awarded Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions a major contract for three additional underground continuous mining systems for its Jansen Potash Stage 2 project in Saskatchewan, Canada. The contract follows several years of close collaboration and the ongoing execution of the Jansen Potash Stage 1 project, for which BHP awarded Sandvik a contract to[…]

Supporting mining in achieving its energy, water and emissions reduction goals, FLS says it is evolving its regional strategy for even greater impact. Mining customers are to benefit from the stronger regional capability being developed by FLS, which is making the company even more responsive to customer needs, the OEM says. This is one of[…]

The release of the new Epiroc ET66, ET45 and ET38 drill strings the company says marks a substantial breakthrough in tophammer drilling efficiency and reliability. Developed over five years, the new Epiroc ET drill string components “have undergone meticulous modelling, lab testing, and field trials. Multiple concepts were subjected to computer simulations and laboratory assessments[…]

BIA Group and Sumitomo Corporation have entered a strategic partnership that will enable them to further grow their businesses and generate synergies. The agreement, which includes a minority investment by Sumitomo Corporation in the BIA Group, brings together the companies’ long-standing track record as Komatsu distributors and top-level experience as independent OEM distributors in complementary[…]

Less than a month out from MINExpo INTERNATIONAL 2024 in Las Vegas, Jérôme Cloué, Vice President of Electrification for Epiroc, talked up numerous electrification launches/debuts at the show that would go a long way to helping its customers achieve their sustainability targets. During a visit to Boliden’s Rävliden mine, part of the Kristineberg complex, in[…]

Next year, 2025, will be the 35th year in business for Amalgamated Mining and Tunnelling, based in Edmonton, Alberta. What started out as a simple rebuild/refurb facility in 1990 has become a global player in underground machine rebuilds, new equipment sales and rentals, parts supply and other services. IM Editorial Director Paul Moore sat down[…]

Normet, looking to lead the electric tranformation in the industry, has announced that it has acquired the full ownership of Lekatech. Earlier in 2023, Normet announced its minority investment in Lekatech, a Finnish start-up company founded in 2018 with the ambition to revolutionise hammering technologies by introducing linear electric technology for hammering applications. Lekatech calls[…]

ABB is working on a new fast charging solution under its eMine™ ecosystem that will represent a 10-fold increase in capacity compared with its previous 600 kW solution, Nic Beutler, Global eMine Solutions Manager, told IM this week. Speaking on the sidelines of a trip to Boliden’s Rävliden mine in northern Sweden, Beutler said ABB[…]

South32 says a commitment to improving its safety performance is at the heart of the latest initiative at Cerro Matoso (CMSA) – the first remotely operated Caterpillar D9 bulldozers in Colombia. Cerro Matoso is a major ferronickel producer, consisting of an open pit nickel laterite mine and ferronickel smelter. Through a partnership with RELIANZ, the Colombia[…]

MacLean has entered into a dealer agreement with ULE Equipment Company, the full-service heavy equipment specialists based in Mongolia, that, it says, will improve MacLean parts support and field service capabilities at the Rio Tinto majority-owned Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the Southern Gobi Desert. The partnership between MacLean and ULE offers Oyu Tolgoi a[…]