Archives: Mining maintenance

All four of the world’s leading large mining truck OEMs, namely Caterpillar, Komatsu, Liebherr and Hitachi, attended The Electric Mine 2023 conference in force in May and all gave presentations on their technologies and outlook relating to mining’s energy transition. Caterpillar’s Group President of Resource Industries Denise Johnson opened the conference with a really upbeat[…]

CSI Mining Services (CSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mineral Resources (MinRes), recently bolstered its in-house capability with the acquisition of G&G Mining. Previously a subsidiary of Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB, G&G Mining specialises in the design, manufacture, repair and refurbishment of mobile mining equipment. The acquisition means CSI can now provide these services to MinRes[…]

At the recent Bank of America 2023 Smart Mine 4.0 conference, Donovan Waller, Anglo American Group Head of Technology Development gave an in-depth review of ongoing projects under its FutureSmart Mining™ banner, which broadly refers to its innovation-led approach to sustainable mining. He covered mainly six interesting areas – its African renewable energy ecosystem; the nuGen™ Zero[…]

Siemens has announced that Innomotics has launched in Germany as a separately managed legal entity as of July 1, 2023. Under a single roof, the supplier of motors and large drives brings together business activities with low- to high-voltage motors, geared motors, medium-voltage converters and motor spindles as well as project and service offerings for[…]

The economics of surface mining require the highest production at the lowest lifetime cost per ton (CPT). By combining outstanding build quality with multiple features designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce downtime, the new 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) Komatsu 980E-5SE electric drive 400 ton class mining truck the leading OEM says offers increased speed[…]

In April 2023, IM had the unique opportunity to tour the operations of Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group in Chile, with both Carlos Zuniga, General Manager of Kal Tire Chile, and Mario Gomez, Kal Tire Chile Service Manager, along with a number of their colleagues. This included visits to its repair, training and service hub[…]

In November 2020, autonomous open pit haulage technology company EACON Mining began an autonomous driving project in the South Pit of energy company TBEA, a coal mine operated by its Tianchi Energy subsidiary in the northwest of China. The partners embarked on a journey of safe operations that has now surpassed 30 months. Building on a[…]

Sandvik is introducing a powerful new solution for optimising drill and blast operations called My Sandvik Onsite which it says delivers numerous production management, operational efficiency and maintenance and availability benefits for open pit mines and large quarries. Built on Sandvik’s OptiMine® technology, the My Sandvik Onsite solution provides and analyses data for drilling optimisation[…]

Epiroc is already the global leader in blasthole drill autonomy with its full autonomous layer for its line of Pit Viper drills, enhanced now also by the Mobius for Drills fleet management, drilling process and value chain optimisation platform. Now it has added to this line up – announcing on June 1 that testing of[…]

Epiroc has introduced the MTVR, a mobile hydraulic powerpack for electric blasthole drills. Designed to enhance the utilisation and productivity of Epiroc electric drills, it says this self-contained, wagon-mounted powerpack enables off-grid operation for high-voltage electric drills without requiring extensive electrical infrastructure. Yara Hussein, Global Product Manager Midrange Blasthole at Epiroc, explains the MTVR’s significance:[…]