Archives: Mining equipment

STRACON Group, a leading provider of state-of-the-art underground and surface mining services to the Americas, today announced that its subsidiary, Dumas Contracting Ltd, has been awarded a five year service contract covering all underground development and production activities at SilverCrest Metals Inc’s Las Chispas mine in Sonora, Mexico. “I want to thank SilverCrest for the opportunity to[…]

Weir Minerals Africa has manufactured a 20-way cluster of Cavex® 500 CVX hydrocyclones for a gold project in West Africa. This hydrocyclone delivers exceptional operational efficiencies, reduced wear and consistent metallurgical performance, the OEM said. With a design built for longevity, this unit is anticipated to exceed a 20-year lifespan because of its easily replaceable[…]

With a Vancouver-based headquarters and operational mines in the Philippines, the US and New Zealand, access to – and sharing of – data for decision making is critical for the optimisation of OceanaGold’s various operations and processes. It is also proving equally important for the company’s pursuit of recruitment and upskilling. OceanaGold’s vision is to[…]

Sandvik’s aim to electrify the underground mining space have been gaining traction over recent years, with single machine trials and deployments that typified the early stages of its mission now replaced by fleet-wide agreements that, if not already in operation, will be starting up underground in the years to come. As with all transitions, the[…]

Rolls-Royce Power Systems Division has announced that it has opened a new Remanufacturing and Overhaul Center on its mtu Aiken campus in South Carolina, US. The new facility is connected to the existing manufacturing operations and represents a low double-digit million dollar investment. It supports the company’s service initiative and sustainability approach. This has a[…]

Epiroc released its Q4 2023 results today, and the overall trend with regard to mining was very positive. In the quarter, Epiroc’s order intake increased to MSEK 14,388, corresponding to an organic growth of 7%. Within mining specifically, the activity levels were high, and the OEM won several large orders. Mining customers represented 84% (79) of[…]

Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik GmbH (PAUS) and ELQUIP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to mutually evaluate and prepare a dealership for the Australian market and serve customers with specialised PAUS mobile equipment for the mining & tunnelling market as well as with services and parts. PAUS’s globally supplied underground mining service and utility product range[…]

Ausdrill, part of Perenti, has confirmed it will move new drill rigs to CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino Iron project in the Pilbara of Western Australia as part of an expansion program. Sino Iron is the largest magnetite mining and processing operation in Australia, 100 km southwest of Karratha. It uses traditional open-pit mining techniques to[…]

Allison Transmission has announced a strategic partnership agreement with China’s SANY, the global heavy equipment manufacturer for the mining and construction markets. Allison will supply its family of Off Road Series™ (ORS) and Wide Body Dump Series™ (WBD) transmissions for integration into their lineup of mining vehicles including the next-generation SANY SKT105 wide body mining[…]

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced that the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) has approved support and incentives for Fortescue, the global green energy, metals, and technology company, to establish a US Advanced Manufacturing Center in Detroit, Michigan. As Fortescue first announced in front of world leaders at APEC last year, the Piquette Avenue facility[…]