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Sandvik has signed and completed the acquisition of MCB Services and Minerals, a seller of mining software and services and exclusive reseller partner to Deswik in Brazil. MCB, which had revenues of SEK 60 million in 2022, will be reported in Digital Mining Technologies, a division within business area Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions (SMR).[…]

CR, the global provider of productivity solutions to the mining industry, will now operate as CR Powered by Epiroc. The brand evolution comes after the company’s February 2023 acquisition by Epiroc, the Sweden-based innovative mining and construction equipment OEM. CR Powered by Epiroc engineers advanced mining products and digital solutions for surface and underground mines,[…]

Bridgestone is expanding its domestic production of MasterCore tyres in the US, which it describes as “the pinnacle of our off-the-road (OTR) mining tyre technology,” at its OTR plant in Aiken County, South Carolina which it says is a marriage of product and facility both designed with sustainability in mind. Bridgestone MasterCore improves durability with[…]

Designed to meet the emerging needs of the grader industry, Bell Equipment has expanded its mining and construction OEM product range to include motor graders. With several units running in diversified applications, production has been set to begin as early as Q3 2024. The Bell Motor Grader follows the introduction of the Bell Tracked Carrier[…]

Metso Outotec has expanded its screening media offering with Trellex® GS, a panel that meets European aggregate industry fixing standards. Trellex® GS is described as an innovative, modular screening media with a knock-in system available in both rubber and polyurethane. It is designed to offer long wear life, with easier change-outs and increased uptime and[…]

India’s typical rigid mining truck class for many years has been 100 ton (91 t) represented by models like the locally made Caterpillar 777, BEML BH100 and Komatsu HD785. Looking at the 777 as an example, it has a long history – first produced in India way back in 1986 as the 777B and followed[…]

On March 2, 2023, Epiroc Iberia celebrated the opening of its Service Center in Aljustrel, Portugal. The event was attended by clients, partners, representatives from the Aljustrel Municipal Council, and Luis Araneda, the President of Epiroc Parts & Services Division.  Strategically located in the heart of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, Epiroc says the centre is[…]

Mining conveyor major Fenner Conveyors, a Michelin Group company, has celebrated the grand opening of ‘K3,’ its third Siempelkamp plant at its Kwinana/Australia location with the commissioning of a steel cord conveyor belt press line including a multi-cylinder press. The company, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of conveyor belts for mining and large-scale industry, partnered with Siempelkamp[…]

Cardinal Namdini Mining Ltd, a subsidiary of Shandong Gold, has awarded Metso Outotec an order for a SAG mill and a mill relining machine as well as a sizeable wear and spare parts package to be delivered to their gold project in the northern part of Ghana. The order value, which was not disclosed, was[…]

The challenge of electrifying mining haul truck operations has taken a step forward with the formal launch today of the CharIN Mining Taskforce, a partnership between global organisations CharIN and ICMM. The partnership enables ICMM to address technical bottlenecks around the interoperability of battery-electric charging systems for the roll-out of zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mining[…]