Archives: Mining maintenance

In March 2022, Beijing Soly, one of China’s leading suppliers of autonomous underground mine rail systems, surface mine fleet management systems (FMS) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) sent two of its engineers to Swakop Uranium for installation of its Truck Intelligent Dispatching System project in the Husab uranium mine, Namibia. Beijng Soly is a technology[…]

One option for bringing the zero emissions benefits of battery electric today without the lead time or cost of a new underground BEV is a battery conversion, where Sweden’s Epiroc has been leading the way. While Epiroc’s first battery conversion, a 10 t class Scooptram ST1030 underground loader, was completed in Sudbury in Canada in[…]

Caterpillar continues to see successful rollouts of its ultraclass 410 ton (372 t) class electric drive truck, the 798 AC. The latest mine to deploy the model is Cerro Verde, the Peruvian copper mine operated by Freeport McMoRan. The trucks are being delivered by major Cat dealer Ferreyros, which has also supplied 798 AC trucks[…]

In early 2019, a large Zimbabwean platinum group metals mining company identified an urgent need to engage with an OEM service partner capable of producing a purpose-built, trackless mining machine, to safely assist with geotechnical inspections, as well as providing for mechanised underground scaling, rock breaking and clearing functions. With some 50 years’ experience in[…]

NTT Ltd, a world-leading global technology services provider, has announced it is working with Albemarle Corp, the speciality chemicals company with leading positions in lithium, bromine, and refining catalysts, to deploy a pilot private LTE/5G and Wi-Fi network at Albemarle’s hard rock lithium mine in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The 800 acre site sits on[…]

BHP CEO Mike Henry led the opening of Spence’s new copper concentrator plant today. The project required an investment of $2.46 billion and has a throughput of 95,000 t/d to produce copper concentrate and molybdenum concentrate. The inauguration of the concentrator is part of a global plan by BHP that seeks to reinforce the copper[…]

In its just released Q1 2022 report, Torex Gold says with the Technical Report for its Morelos Complex in Mexico released, “our focus has shifted to bringing Media Luna into production on time and on budget.” The Technical Report provides a life of mine plan for the El Limón Guajes Mine Complex (ELG Mine Complex)[…]

In the global quest to significantly decarbonise mining operations, eight technology innovators’ submissions have been selected to progress beyond the Charge On Innovation Challenge. The global challenge, launched by BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale sought to accelerate commercialisation of effective solutions for charging large electric haul trucks while simultaneously demonstrating there is an emerging market[…]

Komatsu India Private Limited (KIPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd, Japan, along with its distribution partner Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) says it has secured orders for large-sized mining equipment from a major mining customer in India. It stated: “Komatsu’s high-quality products and L&T’s trusted product-support capabilities have paved the way forward in[…]

Danfoss Power Solutions, a leading global supplier of mobile and industrial hydraulics as well as electric powertrain systems, and RISE™Robotics, a leading zero-emission heavy machinery company, have formalised their collaborative relationship. The two businesses have signed an agreement to work together to validate the latest electromechanical actuator technology from RISE™. They said the new partnership[…]