Archives: Mining maintenance

Lewis County could well become a symbol of Washington state’s robust and growing clean energy economy when zero-emission mining trucks are seen driving around the new First Mode Proving Grounds later this year. First Mode, a global carbon reduction company that developed the world’s first integrated battery and hydrogen fuel cell powerplants for retrofitting the[…]

Chile’s BAILAC has announced the renewal of its contract with Chilean copper mine Minera Sierra Gorda for its OTR tyre management service. The mine operates a large fleet of nearly 60 Komatsu 930E trucks and produces copper and molybdenum concentrate. On a daily basis some 115, 000 t of ore are processed, producing 108,000 t of[…]

Back in 2015, Swakop Uranium invested in a new mining fleet for the new Husab uranium mine near the town of Swakopmund in western-central Namibia consisting of 23 327 t class Komatsu 960E-2KT electric dump trucks and three Chinese NHL NTE330 electric drive trucks of the same class. All the trucks were trolley-ready with a view to[…]

In January 2023, Karunia – a Liebherr Indonesia customer – signed an agreement for the purchase of four additional units of the R 9300 mining excavator for Tabang coal mine, located in the Kutai Kartanegara Regency of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. These four excavators will be delivered from late 2023 to early 2024 and will join[…]

Minova has announced it has completed the acquisition of Bulteck Mining Systems, a leader in the design and manufacture of steel ground support products. The acquisition of Bulteck it says not only strengthens Minova’s presence in the European market, but also supports its segment growth plans globally. “The addition of Bulteck’s brand and products into[…]

In its just released Climate Action Report 2022, Equinox Gold gives a good overview of a broad approach to addressing Scope 1 emissions from a mid-tier miner. The gold miner has one project in Ontario (Greenstone, 60%), two mines in California (Mesquite and Castle Mountain), one mine in Mexico (Los Filos) and four mines in Brazil (Aurizona, Santa Luz,[…]

Caterpillar’s 994 wheel loader has been a leader in its size class since it was first introduced in 1990. Now the company is set to enhance its offering with a step up to the all new Cat® 995 Wheel Loader which it says will deliver more payload, more power and more performance while using less[…]

Fertiliser and salt producer K+S is testing the use of electromobility in its German mines. The suitability of the charging infrastructure and safety underground are currently being tested in addition to the everyday suitability and range of the vehicles in a mine at the Werra integrated plant. In the long term, electric vehicles are to[…]

Minnovare, part of Hexagon’s mining division, has built of the success of its Production Optimiser™ underground offering for production drilling with the launch off Development Optimiser™, another advanced hardware and software combination aimed this time at delivering more accurate and consistent drilling in underground development drilling projects. The “low cost of implementation, low maintenance” system[…]

Strata Worldwide is celebrating 30 years in business. Founded in 1992, the company says it has spent decades “developing and supplying products and technologies that are designed and built for the rugged, highly mobile working environments found in mining, tunnelling, and maritime ports.” From the global headquarters in Georgia, USA, to offices and manufacturing facilities[…]