Archives: Mining maintenance

While Michelin and Bridgestone tend to always battle it out globally for mining’s big 57 in and 63 in radial tyre contracts with the Tier 1 miners – Goodyear, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, has always been the third player in the premium market, often able to step in with sizeable radial allocations for mid-tier miners,[…]

Early in 2023, PT Pamapersada Nusantara (PAMA), one of Indonesia’s largest mining contractors, began a partnership with cutting-edge British technology and engineering company, McLaren Applied, to immediately expedite the process of decarbonising its operations.   With fuel representing 25-30% of a mine’s operating expenses, any gain in efficiency can have a large impact on pollution, productivity[…]

The RISE test facility AstaZero in Sandhult, Sweden, is expanding its offerings and testing capabilities. This expansion is highlighted by the introduction of the automated testing facility ‘Generic Site,’ described as “a remarkable achievement that enables full-scale testing of off-road automated vehicles and their digital systems.” RISE is an independent, state-owned research institute and acts[…]

ABB and Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group (BBRG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to jointly explore the evolution of service capabilities for mine hoist systems located in customer sites worldwide. There are more than 600 active production and service mine hoists within ABB’s global installed base and now there is an opportunity together with[…]

Epiroc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Byrnecut, one of the world’s largest underground mining contractors, to partner on the development of the next generation of electric drive underground loaders. The companies will work together in partnership to develop and test a proof of concept for the large underground loader segment with the aim[…]

Grinding mill shell specialist CITIC Censa recently shipped three complete SAG mill shells (in six sections) from its facility in Pontevedra, Spain to Lundin Mining’s Josemaria copper-gold mine, located in the province of San Juan in Argentina, on the border with Chile. CITIC Censa is part of Chinese mineral processing equipment major CITIC Heavy Industries, based in Luoyang. CITIC[…]

With an ambition to explore decarbonisation opportunities across transport, operations and materials, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Volvo Group and construction and quarrying giant CRH on November 13. As part of this strategic agreement, Volvo CE will take on responsibility for next generation technology deployment, the scaling up of cutting edge technology[…]

Epiroc last week announced two additions to its Pit Viper family, the Pit Viper 231 E and Pit Viper 235 E. These new electric-driven blasthole drills it says offer operators safer, cleaner, and more sustainable operations “while maintaining the legendary productivity and reliability that the Pit Viper line is renowned for.” Equipped with Epiroc’s proprietary[…]

First Mode has completed a large 8 t mega battery module at its Perth, Western Australia battery R&D operation for its next generation fuel cell demonstration mining truck. The truck is based on a Komatsu 930E which is already at its Centralia, Washington test site in the US. The battery will be integrated into the[…]

Bridgestone Corporation has announced a new mining solution service to estimate tyre durability using a proprietary algorithm originally developed by Bridgestone. The new offering was introduced in July 2023 to the Spence copper mine (Pampa Norte operation) in Chile, which is part of BHP. This service will be used to propose the optimal tyre maintenance[…]