Archives: Mining maintenance

ioneer Ltd, the emerging lithium–boron supplier, has awarded a major engineering and equipment supply contract to ABB Inc for the development of its Rhyolite Ridge Lithium–Boron Project in Nevada, USA. The contract has been awarded on a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) basis, with the supply of the equipment packages being conditional on a final investment[…]

On January 27, Sany Heavy Industry’s first 300 t electric-drive front (face) shovel, SY2600E, officially rolled off the production line in Kunshan Industrial Park in Suzhou, it says “once again achieving a technological breakthrough in the field of super-large excavation.” This is currently Sany’s largest crawler excavator product. Chen Jiayuan, Chairman of Sany Heavy Machinery,[…]

India’s Gainwell Engineering Private Ltd has announced a new expansion of its mining equipment manufacturing operations by entering into a technology licensing agreement for underground mining equipment with Caterpillar, the global manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The agreement will enable Gainwell Engineering to[…]

Battery electric vehicles or BEVs are driving the mining industry to a cleaner future and Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions is playing an upfront role with its range of underground battery LHDs, trucks and drills. It says its BEVs are designed with a safer composition for the most challenging underground environments with its battery technology[…]

Doosan has launched the new DX1000LC-7 Stage V compliant 100 t crawler hydraulic excavator, the largest excavator model ever manufactured by the company. Driven by what it says is the most powerful engine in the 100 t class, the DX1000LC-7 also has the highest hydraulic flow for this size of machine, “providing best-in-class performance, with[…]

thyssenkrupp Mining Technologies and Magotteaux say mining customers benefit from their close cooperation by optimised and cost-efficient wear parts for mining and aggregates equipment. Even faster development and introduction of high-quality wear parts with higher profitability for mining customers is now possible as the long-standing partnership, which initially started as a classic customer-supplier relationship, will[…]

Global technology company ABB says it has helped Atalaya Mining to optimise mill availability and performance by combining its gearless mill drive (GMD) with ongoing lifecycle management support and a digital condition monitoring solution through a long-term service agreement (LTSA). The mining company, which produces copper concentrates and silver by-product at its Project Riotinto site[…]

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd (HCM) has launched ConSite Mine to the global market – a service solution that provides machine analytics to help support the resolution of issues at mining sites by using IoT to remotely monitor mining machinery 24 hours a day, and AI to analyse the operational condition of machinery. ConSite Mine[…]

Infor, the industry cloud company, says its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are helping Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group greatly improve customer service and safety in its global mining business. Kal Tire is Canada’s largest independent tyre dealer and one of North America’s largest commercial tyre dealers. In addition, Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group is an international[…]

Progress is being made in Chile with the CORFO-supported HYDRA Consortium project in Chile which involves the development of a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) mining truck powered by both hydrogen fuel cells and batteries, which will ultimately be installed at minesite pilot testing locations including Antofagasta Minerals’ Minera Centinela copper operation. A stationary FCEV[…]