Archives: Mining maintenance

Visitors to this year’s Electra Mining Africa exhibition in Johannesburg will see SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa unleash more technology to drive productivity and efficiency. Addressing growing demand for reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa will launch its DriveRadar® solution for remote condition monitoring and maintenance forecasting. The new solution uses an extensive package[…]

Clayton Equipment Ltd based in Burton-on-Trent, UK has sold and delivered five (with an option for a sixth) CB12.5 state of the art lithium-ion battery locos for Glencore’s Onaping Depth nickel-copper mine in Sudbury, which are notable as being the first Li-ion battery electric machines to be operational on site. These will operate on the[…]

Metso Outotec launched its innovative Mining Truck Body (MTB) back in 2019; and while since then it has been an interesting ride – dealing with pandemic supply chain interruptions and operating in a highly competitive space against advanced light steel and other rubber offerings – the solution is now quickly gaining traction in the mining[…]

Sany do Brasil, since 2021, has been investing in the mining market with wide body trucks in the form of the 60 t SKT90S off-road truck and the Sany SKT90E electric off-road truck. As a result of these investments, Sany do Brasil was able to formalise, in May 2022, the sale of 23 SANY SKT90S[…]

Epiroc has entered an agreement with Skanska Industrial Solutions AB to trial the first ever tophammer battery-electric rig in Sweden. This trial it said marks a significant milestone in the journey towards zero emissions drilling in surface mines and quarries all over the world. “This is a proud day. For many years we have been[…]

Continental has acquired the conveyor belt systems and services specialist NorrVulk AB, based in Gällivare, Sweden. This acquisition complements the technology company’s portfolio for the sale of conveyor belt systems and related services and strengthens its business with industrial customers in this region. “With NorrVulk, we have succeeded in acquiring one of the leading suppliers[…]

Nkwe Platinum Limited and South Africa Zijin Platinum (Pty) Ltd (wholly owned subsidiaries of multinational mining company, the Zijin Mining Group), have joined hands with African telecommunications giant MTN and global ICT provider Huawei together, and signed a collaboration agreement to build what they say is the southern Africa region’s first 5G-enabled smart metal mine.[…]

Rapidly growing Indian mining equipment manufacturer Gainwell Engineering says it is committed to build a sustainable, reliable and safer future for mining.  The manufacturing business headquarters of the company is based in Kolkata, India, while the global business is managed through Gainwell Engineering Global Pte Ltd in Singapore. Gainwell Engineering operates through an expanding global[…]

Cummins Inc, the global power technology leader and Komatsu Ltd, the global provider of equipment and services for the construction and mining industries, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of zero-emissions haulage equipment. Building on a legacy of diesel engine partnership across a wide variety of mining and construction equipment,[…]

On June 28, Canadian mining major Teck Resources held a Sustainability Investors Roundtable to highlight elements of its sustainability strategy and leadership. One focus area was titled Low Carbon Transition and was presented by Sepanta Dorri, VP Decarbonization and Chris Adachi, Director Climate Change. They talked about haul trucks as one of Teck’s Carbon Reduction[…]