Archives: Mining maintenance

NRW Holdings company Primero Group recently began a four year contract with Atlas Iron Pty Ltd which includes design, supply, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of crushing and screening facilities to produce lump and fine iron ore products for Atlas’ Miralga Creek operation at processing rates of up to 1,000 t/h. The PGX-1000 plant innovations[…]

Tata Communications, a global digital ecosystem enabler, has launched a dedicated Private 5G Global Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Pune, India to accelerate Industry 4.0 applications and capabilities for enterprises. This new CoE is an agile, secure and indoor facility to test and trial industry use cases. Tata Communications has developed use cases including in[…]

Twenty-seven years after introducing the Cat® 24 Motor Grader to the mining market, Caterpillar has celebrated the production of its 1,000th unit. At a ceremony held on September 22, 2022, Caterpillar executives and motor grader production team members gathered in Decatur, Illinois, to celebrate the production and sale of this milestone machine. The grader, destined[…]

Emerging lithium producer Sayona Mining Ltd is advancing the restart of production at its North American Lithium (NAL) hard rock spodumene lithium operation, awarding a four‐year, approximately C$200 million contract to Québec company L. Fournier & Fils for mining operations. One of the largest such contracts signed in Québec’s mining history, the agreement will deliver[…]

Global copper, gold and moly miner Freeport McMoRan has just published an updated version of its Climate Change report for 2021, in which it firmly outlines its commitment to an electric future for its mining fleets. Entitled “Electrifying the future” in the opening statement, Richard C. Adkerson Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer[…]

Optimising the productivity of mine sites while reducing costs, resource use and environmental footprint FLSmidth says has long been its primary goal. With the launch of PerformanceIQ Services at PERUMIN, FLSmidth now promises to “supercharge mine performance through a full flowsheet approach to optimisation based on equipment knowledge, process expertise and digital solutions.” PerformanceIQ Services[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions today introduces its AutoMine® Concept Underground Drill, the company’s second technology demonstrator for its future autonomous mining vision. The AutoMine Concept Underground Drill is a fully autonomous, twin-boom development drill rig capable of drilling without human interaction. The cabinless battery-electric drill can plan and execute the entire drilling cycle from[…]

Conveyor Components Company’s model VA and VA-X bucket elevator belt alignment control tools are helping operators stay on top of potential issues and prevent damage in the bulk handling sector, the company says. The model VA and VA-X have a rugged, heavy-duty cast aluminum housing (with a specially designed non-accumulating pocket), with both designed to[…]

At the beginning of 2022, the HYDRA Consortium – made up of public and private entities, and founded by ENGIE and Mining3 – presented the first prototype of a hydrogen-battery hybrid powertrain, which is now already being tested at Antofagasta Minerals’ Minera Centinela. The proposed solution is modular and scalable, therefore versatile to be used[…]

One of several world premieres from Doosan at bauma 2022 will be the launch of the company’s new 4×4 articulated dump truck (ADT). Complementing the company’s standard, market-leading range of 6×6 ADT models, the new 4×4 version of the DA45-7 ADT is intended to compete with rigid dump trucks (RDTs) in the 40 t class.[…]