Archives: Mining maintenance

To help China’s mining industry achieve meaningful carbon reduction as part of a green mining energy revolution, in March 2022, leading Chinese mining truck OEM Inner Mongolia North Hauler Joint Stock Co Ltd has signed a cooperation agreement with Inner Mongolia Electric Investment Energy Co Ltd to jointly develop a 136 t (150 short ton)[…]

Martin Engineering, a leader in industrial bulk handling, has helped Lundin Mining’s Eagle Mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with clogging and downtime issues, resolving these problems and improving material flow with powerful and compact air cannon technology. Martin Engineering installed the cannons in a chute carrying damp fines through the refining process at Eagle, with[…]

In 2021, Chinese mining truck OEM Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd (XEMC), whose mining equipment now comes under Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group Heavy Equipment (XEG), as part of a contract with energy company SPIC, converted a 108 t class SF31904 AC drive rigid truck to run on all electric lithium battery power in Huolinhe coal[…]

After a pre-release at MINExpo 2021, Epiroc has now introduced its Automatic Bit Changer (ABC) for hands-free bit changes on Pit Viper 270 and Pit Viper 290 series drill rigs used in rotary drilling. The Automatic Bit Changer option is designed to change rotary tricone bits significantly faster than manual exchanges and eliminates human interaction[…]

Chilean iron ore miner Compania Minera del Pacífico (CMP) together with ENGIE Chile have signed an alliance that they say represents a major step in the decarbonisation of mining: the first pilot of haul trucks in Chile powered by natural gas in the form of LNG. The project contemplates the modification of two trucks, over[…]

Leading Chinese construction and mining equipment group XCMG has announced that it has now completed manufacturing of a second XE7000 hydraulic excavator which recently rolled off the production line having had comprehensive upgrades and optimisation over the first unit. The second 700 t hydraulic excavator it says has fully absorbed the nearly 13,000 hours of[…]

Volvo’s rigid haulers have come a long way and are starting to prove their performance in terms of uptime, efficiency and longevity. Back in April 2018, Volvo CE launched the R100E mining truck at its Motherwell factory in Scotland – a completely new 95 t (100 ton) class rigid hauler. It combined the best of[…]

Recent projects for NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) have drawn on TAKRAF’s capability to deliver technology and aftermarket expertise. NLCIL is one of the country’s leading Central Public Sector Enterprises, one of the largest miner in India and one of the country’s largest power producers. It operates three opencast coal mines of total installed capacity 28.5[…]

In a first contract to be received from the government-owned entity M/s. Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) for its Ramagundam mine located in Telangana, TAKRAF India is again showing its in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) credentials in India by supplying two semi-mobile relocatable crushing plants with TAKRAF primary sizers. The turnkey order is expected to[…]

Chevron Lubricants has introduced its Delo TorqForce Syn FD-1 high performance, fully synthetic lubricant designed for use in final drives and axles of large mining haul trucks and other support equipment. Delo TorqForce Syn FD-1 was designed to increase performance over conventional SAE 60 TO-4 and FD-1 products and formulated to deliver maximum system protection.[…]