Archives: Mining equipment

Martin Engineering says it has restructured its Italian business and relocated to a new purpose-built facility to boost customer service and accelerate growth. The move heralds a new chapter for the Italian branch of the US engineering firm, which supplies belt conveyor products and material flow aids to bulk handling and material processing companies to[…]

MINEXCHANGE 2024 SME Annual Conference & Expo sponsor, Caterpillar, says it will showcase to conference attendees how Caterpillar Mining evolves to meet the challenges faced by today’s mining companies. “Through offering the right equipment, services and technologies required at the site, Caterpillar Mining meets miners’ needs with customised solutions.” Showcasing the importance of developing a safety[…]

MacLean Equipment USA, the US-based business of the global manufacturer MacLean Engineering, will be sharing its mining equipment innovation expertise at two technical sessions at the upcoming SME 2024 convention in Phoenix, Arizona, from February 25-28. US Branch Manager Tara MacLean will be chairing the Applications and Design Considerations for Battery Equipment in Mining, on[…]

SMS Equipment and Komatsu have announced new agreements naming SMS Equipment as as dealer of Komatsu underground hard rock mining equipment across most of Canada and in Alaska. SMS Equipment is already the dealer for Komatsu surface mining equipment in these areas. The new deal with Komatsu expands the SMS Equipment offering to include a[…]

Metso says it has received an order to provide a single-stage semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) solution for a low-carbon aluminium industry project in China. The value of the order, which is not disclosed, is booked in the Minerals segment’s March quarter 2024 orders received. Metso’s scope of delivery consists of six SAG mills with 45 MW[…]

In a strategic move to bolster support for dealers and customers, Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas has announced the opening of a sustainable, state-of-the-art headquarters facility in Newman, Georgia. This adaptive-use facility it says will help propel the company’s growth in the Americas. It will also facilitate the development and production of new machinery and elevate[…]

We’ve reviewed a novel, vendor-agnostic pre-concentration screening test in part one and explained a comprehensive five-step pre-concentration evaluation in part two…now for part three in the three-part series with SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc’s Adrian Dance (Principal Metallurgist) and Bob McCarthy (Principal Consultant) SRK Consulting’s Adrian Dance and Bob McCarthy have devoted years to ensuring the[…]

When building materials supplier Aggregate Industries resolved to bring operations at Europe’s largest granite quarry in-house, it challenged Finning to supply a fleet of Caterpillar machines and complete full operator training to enable the company to take over operations in just eight months without impacting production on the site. While the supply timescale was tight,[…]

Antofagasta Minerals has announced new goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after achieving in advance the objectives it had set in 2018. As part of its decarbonisation and climate change strategy, the company has committed to reducing its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2035, compared to 2020, while also taking into account[…]

Venetia Diamond Mine is located west of Musina in Limpopo Province, and is already transitioning from open pit mining to underground mining using the sub-level caving method. First production from the VUG – which extends Venetia’s life to at least 2046 – was achieved on Friday, 30 June 2023. In late January 2024, De Beers Group’s[…]