Archives: Mining maintenance

Metso Outotec has launched a new digital platform and a set of tools to, it says, support, streamline and develop its field services. The global implementation of the new Field Service Management Solution (FSM) started in 2021, with approximately 1,000 field service professionals now using the system in their daily work. The platform is, Metso[…]

RPMGlobal has released the latest version of its industry-leading planning and task management software, ShiftManager. ShiftManager is one of RPM’s fastest-growing products and it says this latest release provides a raft of new functions, including ShiftManager Mobile which has been upgraded to take full advantage of the functional and architectural changes within this new release.[…]

In response to the growing demand for sustainable solutions, Metso Outotec says it is conducting a program to develop a new, complete range of electrically driven track-mounted crushers and screens. The new Lokotrack® range will be built on a unique platform that Metso Outotec has been developing since 2020 with a total R&D investment of[…]

Wabtec has celebrated the 5,000th mining drive system wheel built at its plant in Fort Worth, Texas. The milestone highlights the commercial success of the mining wheel for heavy-haul mining trucks, which set the standard for reliable and fuel-efficient performance in the mining industry. “In a decade, this team helped start up Wabtec’s mining plant[…]

In June 2021, the world’s first 120 ton electric mining dump truck with AC drive equipped with CATL batteries successfully rolled off the production line at Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd (XEMC) and was successfully put into trial operation at SPIC’s Huolinhe coal mine where as of March 2022, it had run over 1,700 hours.[…]

Liebherr has signed an agreement with BHP, the leading global resources company, to integrate Liebherr engines into BHP’s existing R 9600 600 t excavator fleet at South Flank mine in Western Australia. Liebherr-Australia Executive General Manager Customer Service Tony Johnstone and BHP General Manager South Flank Steve Campbell recently met in Perth to mark the[…]

OZ Minerals has announced the decision to increase the hoisting shaft capacity under construction at Prominent Hill from 6 Mt/y to 6.5 Mt/y. The Wira Shaft mine expansion project was approved in August 2021 with works well progressed and scheduled for completion in 2024. Project optimisation works identified the opportunity to increase the hoisting shaft[…]

There were some interesting updates from South African-headquartered global ADT major Bell Equipment, in its 2021 year end results. It says its two new low profile ADT models for underground mining – launched at the end of 2021, are penetrating this market segment well. Both models feature an ‘autonomous ready’ platform that is easily configurable[…]

Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group in Australia has earned a five–year contract to provide mining tyre management and maintenance services at Roy Hill, the world class open pit iron ore mine with one of the largest fleets in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and growing. Technicians will begin mobilising April 1st, 2022, bringing nearly[…]

The lighting and electronics specialist HELLA says it has further developed the popular RokLUME 280N worklight for mining and other heavy-duty applications and is launching the second product generation with six illumination variants in mid-2022. The illumination properties were further improved in the course of further development with six variants and adapted to different, specific[…]