Archives: Mining safety

Boliden, Epiroc and ABB have passed a new technology milestone by successfully deploying the first fully battery-electric truck trolley system on an 800 m long underground mine test track in Sweden, with a 13% incline. The partners say this means the mining industry is a step closer to realising the all-electric mine of the future,[…]

Komatsu has announced the official handover of a P&H 4800XPC rope shovel to Anglo American, at the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane, South Africa. This is the largest rope shovel in the world with a 135 ton payload and only the second of its kind, the first one having gone to work at Teck’s Fording[…]

With the delivery of a BT3 Boom Truck to a base metal miner in Thompson, Manitoba, MacLean is marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of its Mine-Mate™ utility vehicle (UTV) product line. The inaugural MacLean UTVs were delivered to a minesite in the region back in 2003 – an SL3 Scissor Lift, an AC3[…]

Nexgen SIMS is a collaborative project run by a consortium of partners coordinated by Epiroc and partly funded by the European Union. It will be completed in April 2024 and aims to develop technologies, methods, and processes for the sustainable mines of the future. The partners within Nexgen SIMS say they have developed and recently[…]

As the labour market evolves, mining contractor Small Mine Development has encountered increased staff turnover rates and a corresponding shortage of skilled personnel for critical mining positions. Tackling these challenges head-on, the company has turned to technology, introducing simulator training as a proactive means to both speed up and improve the quality of operator training.[…]

Contract mining and mining services leader Thiess has been awarded a six-year contract extension with BHP for the Mount Arthur South Operations coal mine in New South Wales, Australia. With revenue of A$1.9 billion, this contract sees Thiess continuing to provide mining services at the Mount Arthur South mine, operating and maintaining mining equipment to support[…]

At the Resolution Copper mine site, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP, system upgrades are protecting employees, equipment, and the environment. Edgar Cossio is a Senior Electrical Engineer with Rio Tinto. The firm is a global mining leader and, together with BHP Copper Inc., a partner in Resolution Copper Mining. The joint venture operates the[…]

In 2023, New Afton increased its fleet of automated scoops (LHDs) by 40% with the addition of two new Sandvik LH410 units to its fleet of mining equipment. This delivery preceded the opening of a new Integrated Operations Centre building, which New Gold says increases New Afton’s capacity to house its expanding automation function on[…]

There are now 18 extended-range hybrid autonomous rigid wide-body mining trucks running without a safety monitor in the cabin at China Coal Group’s Biesikuduke open-pit mine in Xinjiang province. These are ‘new energy’ TG136HA units, which have only recently been launched and were independently designed by Tage Idriver and developed with OEM partner SDLG. The[…]

Tribe Technology PLC, a disruptive developer and manufacturer of autonomous equipment for the mining industry, has announced the completion of the company’s first TTDS GC 700 autonomous drill rig. This major milestone in the development of the company it says is a result of over 150,000 development hours. This initial machine has been manufactured for[…]