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06 Dec 2024
Epiroc rolls out latest RCS 5 update RCS 5.7 with important new functionalities
Epiroc has just released RCS 5.7, the new update to Epiroc’s Rig Control System, RCS...
06 Dec 2024
Intramotev battery-electric rail milestone at Carmeuse calcium carbonate mine
Intramotev, the technology company building battery-electric railcar retrofits, has started operating its TugVolt technology at...
06 Dec 2024
Major Drilling demos new robotic rod handler and drill analytics to miners
Major Drilling leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, recently unveiled new drills with specialised...
05 Dec 2024
Weba Chute Systems taking a systematic approach to equipment design
With most of its 5,000-strong global footprint of transfer chutes being installed in southern Africa,...
04 Dec 2024
Report: Sleipner dollies significantly reduce workers’ exposure to whole-body vibration
According to a study by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, the exposure of drivers...
04 Dec 2024
Epiroc’s Simba production drill rigs reach 1 million drill meters at LKAB’s Malmberget mine
Four of Epiroc’s teleremote-controlled Simba E6 C WL production drill rigs have surpassed 1 million...
03 Dec 2024
Vale to deploy autonomous truck fleet at restarted Capanema mine
Vale has started the commissioning of the Capanema Maximization Project, located 80 kilometres from Belo...
03 Dec 2024
Fortescue wins ARENA funding to develop 6 MW fast chargers for iron ore sector
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced a A$10 million ($6.5 million) grant...
30 Nov 2024
Rana Gruber signs mining contract with partner HJH for Stensundtjern magnetite mine
Rana Gruber ASA, Norway’s only producer of iron ore, has signed a new contract with...
29 Nov 2024
Capstone formally opens Mantoverde Development Project and looks to MV-O
Capstone Copper Chile has formally opened the Mantoverde Development Project (MVDP) which involves some US$870 million...
29 Nov 2024
EACON secures four major projects at SPIC coal mines in northern China
EACON Mining has secured four new projects on minesites owned by the State Power Investment...
29 Nov 2024
Ok Tedi bolsters mining fleet with large Cat 995 wheel loader
Copper-gold miner Ok Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) has launched at its operations in Tabubil a...