Archives: Sustainable mining

Powering through the toughest materials, the Cat® 6020 Hydraulic Mining Shovel meets the mining industry’s need for durable, reliable and highly efficient digging performance. To align with the rest of the Cat hydraulic mining shovel lineup, the model nomenclature has been updated from the Cat 6020B to the 6020. Today’s 6020 shovel Caterpillar says offers[…]

Richard Roberts, Editorial Director at Beacon Events, recently interviewed some key figures at Hexagon ahead of its participation at the IMARC event in Sydney in October 2024. Wendy Hodgetts, Safety Manager at the Rosebery zinc-copper mine in western Tasmania, gave a warts-and-all deep dive on the historic mine’s introduction of a state-of-the-art operator alertness system[…]

Weir Group PLC has been awarded a contract to provide industry-leading energy efficient, sustainable solutions to the Reko Diq copper-gold project, the 50% owned greenfield development by Barrick Gold Corporation. The Tier 1 copper project is located in the Chagai district of Balochistan in Pakistan and is targeting first production in 2028 with an estimated[…]

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) assets are set to become the first Australian operations at BHP to run under renewable power arrangements for 100% of their electricity needs, following the signing of a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for BMA’s Queensland operations. BMA has entered into a new seven-year PPA commencing from FY2027 – the third[…]

Technology group Wärtsilä’s renewal of its existing Operations and Maintenance (O&M) agreement with QIT Madagascar Minerals SA (QMM), part of the Rio Tinto group, has been expanded to include a Decarbonisation Agreement. The agreement it says is a groundbreaking offering in the energy sector, and allows for optimising all of the assets in the microgrid,[…]

Multotec is gearing up for its participation in Electra Mining Africa this year, taking place from 2-6 September, where the company will showcase its offerings and solutions. This event provides a platform for Multotec to highlight its experience and unwavering commitment to innovation, sustainability, and collaboration within the industry. Visitors at Electra Mining Africa 2024[…]

PROK is returning to Mining Indonesia 2024, Asia’s largest mining equipment trade show, taking place from September 11-14. This event will again bring together global and local companies to showcase the latest in mining technology and innovation. Mining Indonesia serves as a vital platform for industry experts worldwide to forge connections and explore new business[…]

Chris Carpenter, VP of Technology for Weir ESCO®, is on a crusade to educate the mining industry on the importance of orebody knowledge. As an executive with more than 35 years of experience and 40 patents to his name, he has heard numerous stories about “sub-optimal operational decisions” being made at mine sites due to[…]

The first hydrogen-powered T 264 haul truck prototype, developed by Liebherr and Fortescue, has arrived on site at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia for testing in a real-life mining environment. The site-based testing of this T 264 prototype, known as Europa, will take place over the coming months and[…]

Redpath piloted the first Normet Utimec XL 1100 Agitator ED, a diesel-electric 10.5 m³ capacity concrete truck, at BHP’s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia for almost a year. During this time, Normet’s experts spent several months at the mine site learning about the machine’s performance, efficiency and comfort, and developed and improved the equipment[…]