Archives: Mining equipment

Leading Cat® dealer WesTrac is marking a major milestone today, celebrating 20 years of providing equipment, service and support across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. More than 16,000 Cat machines have been delivered by WesTrac in the region during that time, supporting customers in the mining and construction industries. Chief Executive NSW/ACT,[…]

First Mode, the pioneering developer and manufacturer of decarbonisation products for heavy industry, has announced a strategic alliance with Mitsui & Co Ltd, the international trading company and investment group with extensive interests in the mining industry, to accelerate heavy industry’s adoption of low-carbon and zero-emissions product solutions at scale. First Mode says its considerable[…]

Western Australian mining product and services supplier Schlam has announced the commemoration of the delivery of its 2,000th Hercules dump truck body. This significant achievement it says underscores Schlam’s commitment to excellence and innovation, and to making mining equipment more productive the world over. Last week, the company reached this milestone with the completion of[…]

Metso has expanded its solvent extraction offering with a wider capacity range and improved features, and is now also introducing the VSF® X solvent extraction plant with extended scope. The modular VSF X plant, part of Metso’s Planet Positive offering, allows copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese producers, among others, to purify desired metals from the[…]

Glencore says its Lomas Lab initiative at its Lomas Bayas copper mine in Chile continues to progress. The miner states: “We’re taking innovation and operational efficiency to a new level with our digitalisation and automation technology initiatives.” This project is also playing an important role in proving out new technologies that can then be applied[…]

Intramotev, the technology company building autonomous zero-emissions rail solutions, says it has successfully deployed the world’s first self-propelled battery-electric railcar in a traditional freight train. In a major step forward, Intramotev has deployed its railcar retrofit, known as the ReVolt, at Iron Senergy’s Cumberland mine in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, USA. The car has run for over[…]

In 2023, New Afton increased its fleet of automated scoops (LHDs) by 40% with the addition of two new Sandvik LH410 units to its fleet of mining equipment. This delivery preceded the opening of a new Integrated Operations Centre building, which New Gold says increases New Afton’s capacity to house its expanding automation function on[…]

British Gypsum’s Barrow-upon-Soar gypsum mine in the UK, part of Saint-Gobain, is looking to expand its use of Joy battery haulers following the initial deployment of two lithium-ion haulers from Komatsu, IM heard during a technical session at the SME MineXchange Conference and Expo, in Phoenix, Arizona, recently. “The operation has been running two of[…]

Metso and JSC Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical company (Almalyk MMC) have signed a frame agreement on significant process technology deliveries for Almalyk MMC’s new copper smelter investment in Uzbekistan. The companies have collaborated on the development of minerals processing and metallurgical operations since 2011, Metso says. Equipment package contracts under the framework agreement will be[…]

ABB and EcoHoist have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of a vertical material transport solution for underground mines. The solution combines EcoHoist’s technology with ABB’s technical capability and experience in vertical ore haulage in mining, they say. The EcoHoist aims to improve on traditional vertical hoisting systems, by substantially[…]