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[…]
Dingo has launched a completely redesigned intelligence™, powered by Trakka®, to, it says, empower customers to gain deeper insights into their asset health programs through data visualisation and reporting. The release includes improved datasets where the underlying data model of intelligence has been expanded. In this release is the first observation related data. This data[…]
At the Resolution Copper mine site, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP, system upgrades are protecting employees, equipment, and the environment. Edgar Cossio is a Senior Electrical Engineer with Rio Tinto. The firm is a global mining leader and, together with BHP Copper Inc., a partner in Resolution Copper Mining. The joint venture operates the[…]
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd has announced that it will begin full-scale production of dump trucks at its Guelph, Ontario factory in fiscal year 2026, namely Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing Ltd. This is its wholly-owned subsidiary currently responsible for the production and remanufacturing of dump truck maintenance and service parts and the move will establish[…]
There are now 18 extended-range hybrid autonomous rigid wide-body mining trucks running without a safety monitor in the cabin at China Coal Group’s Biesikuduke open-pit mine in Xinjiang province. These are ‘new energy’ TG136HA units, which have only recently been launched and were independently designed by Tage Idriver and developed with OEM partner SDLG. The[…]
Tribe Technology PLC, a disruptive developer and manufacturer of autonomous equipment for the mining industry, has announced the completion of the company’s first TTDS GC 700 autonomous drill rig. This major milestone in the development of the company it says is a result of over 150,000 development hours. This initial machine has been manufactured for[…]
Rithmik Solutions, a leader in AI-powered analytics, has successfully closed a $2 million funding round that, it says, will help accelerate its growth, further enhance its product offerings, and expand its reach to help mines around the world maximise the efficiency and lifespan of their mobile equipment. This investment was spearheaded by a syndicate of[…]
Scania’s company-owned network of sales and service branches will expand in 2024/5 with the opening of a brand-new purpose-built facility at Hope Valley, WA. The facility will comprise a new parts warehouse to distribute throughout the state (opening in 2024) and a sales and service workshop, due to commence trading in 2025. The selection of Hope Valley[…]
On March 1, 2024, Hauhinco Holding GmbH – the parent company of HBT GmbH in Lünen, Germany – took over Breuer Motoren GmbH & Co KG. Hauhinco Holding is acquiring 100% of the shares in the Bochum-based mechanical engineering company – with retroactive economic effect from January 1, 2024. The traditional mechanical engineering company Breuer[…]