Archives: Mining maintenance

With the opening of Berco’s new R&D facility in Copparo, Italy, the manufacturer and supplier of undercarriage systems and components has cemented a growth plan that could see it gain further market share in both its OEM and aftermarket segments and expand its product range for mining applications. Covering 2,000 sq.m, the new department is[…]

Epiroc has launched a new tube drilling system – ET51 which replaces the previous T51 tube drilling system. This new system greatly outperforms traditional speed-rod systems and it says allows for straighter and deeper production drilling plus improves service life. Unlike its predecessor, ET51 comes with only one tube type which simplifies procurement and management.[…]

Recently, another four 236 t class NTE240 electric drive mining trucks exported from Tianjin port by Baotou-based Inner Mongolia North Hauler Joint Stock Co (NHL) to Serbia Zijin Copper based in Bor, Serbia completed assembly and commissioning and were officially handed over. This is now one of the largest Chinese-made large mining truck fleets worldwide[…]

At the end of October 2021, Ukraine’s Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod (NKMZ) shipped a skip mine winder of model ШПМ ЦШ-5х8 to the Sokolovsky iron ore mine of SSGPO in Kazakhstan, which is part of ERG. This is the fourth mine winder designed, manufactured and shipped to customers this year by the mining and press-forging equipment[…]

As part of its constant innovation in its production processes, Peruvian copper-zinc miner Compania Minera Antamina (Teck 22.5%, BHP 33.75%, Glencore 33.75%, Mitsubishi 10%) has implemented the use of Machine Learning technology with which it seeks to increase the production of copper equivalent in the concentrator plant. The statement said: “Advanced data analytics is increasingly[…]

Strata Worldwide has announced a new strategic partnership with technology expert Nerospec SK. “Together the companies will offer a range of intelligent machine controllers and data loggers that interface with machinery and vehicles to provide health and maintenance data, real-time monitoring and productivity analytics.” The connected machine technology works to improve the safety, monitoring, maintenance[…]

With funding provided by the Government of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund, yesterday in downtown Toronto, partners from across Canada gathered to launch the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) Network. MICA is a national innovation ecosystem initiative designed to modernise mining and improve its productivity and environmental performance, strengthen the Canadian mineral supply chain, and increase[…]

In late October 2021, global underground mining equipment major Epiroc announced that it is now offering customers conversion kits that, it says, “seamlessly transform” loaders from diesel-powered to battery-electric driven means, with the company having secured its first order for the solution from Evolution Mining’s Red Lake gold operations in Ontario, Canada for two diesel[…]

As part of Antofagasta Minerals’ digital transformation roadmap, the Autonomous Systems Implementation Project to operate Minera Centinela’s Esperanza Sur Pit continues to develop according to plan, reaching various milestones that will ensure its optimal development. The initiative includes a fleet of 11 autonomous electric drive Komatsu 980E-5 trucks and two PV351 diesel Epiroc autonomous drilling[…]

Paul Moore sat down with Hitachi Construction Machinery at MINExpo 2021 earlier this year to talk everything from the electric transition to open autonomy. Interviewed were Brian Wells, Division Sales Manager, Hitachi Construction & Mining Division and John Schellenberg, Mining Product Manager, Trucks – Global Mining Group Q Everyone seems to have their own slightly[…]