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As the market stands today, the largest available big surface mining hydraulic excavators are generally in the 800 t class – the Komatsu PC8000 (shown in the attached photo), Hitachi EX8000 and Liebherr R 9800. Caterpillar still in theory has the 1,000 t 6090 FS face shovel machine – whose design dates from O&K days[…]

Red Hawk Mining says it has entered into a strategic partnership with MGM Bulk Pty Ltd (MGM Bulk) for the haulage of iron ore from the company’s 100%-owned Blacksmith iron ore project, in Western Australia, to the Utah Point bulk handling facility in Port Hedland. The haulage agreement enables Red Hawk and MGM Bulk to[…]

Hexagon recently successfully deployed a fatigue management implementation project with Grange Resources at the Savage River iron ore mine in Tasmania, Australia. The Hexagon Operator Alertness System (OAS) is addressing operator fatigue and significantly improving safety measures at Savage River, further enhancing operator well-being and productivity at the mine. Matthew Anderson, Mine Manager, Grange Resources, underlined[…]

Datamine has announced the strategic acquisition of PeopleTray, a Western Australia-based company providing mining production and workforce management solutions to mining operations across Australia. PeopleTray’s flagship Workforce Management Solution provides a complete integrated system for staff rosters, mining camps, health and safety and compliance, according to Datamine. In addition, the MPX Mine Production solution helps[…]

LCS Cable Cranes GmbH has been commissioned to find a solution for maintenance and monitoring activities on tailings ponds or a conventional dam in mining, devising its QXcrane system in the process. For these activities, entering the work area is life-threatening due to dam breaches or earth movements. Therefore, in order to carry out these[…]

With well over 100 units already delivered, SEW-EURODRIVE in South Africa is set to continue supplying Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a joint venture with Zijin Mining of China, with a wide range of its X.e-series power packs, the company says. According to Willem Strydom, Business Development at SEW-EURODRIVE,[…]

Draslovka a.s, the leading speciality chemicals company, has agreed with Barrick Gold Corporation, to roll out a global testing and implementation programme for Draslovka’s cutting-edge proprietary glycine gold leaching product, GlyCat™, across several mines. The implementation of Draslovka’s technology it says “can potentially unlock substantive savings and generate value for Barrick’s operations while improving their[…]

The labour shortage wreaking havoc across North America has hit the drilling industry as hard as any. One recent advance that promotes workplace safety also helps solve the workplace shortage. It’s called RodBot™ and in most situations it reduces the number of people needed on a drill rig down to a single operator. MEDATech’s Borterra[…]

Lives could soon be at stake if the mining industry doesn’t make cyber security a business priority and safeguard against increasingly sophisticated attacks, according to experts in the field. With the sector’s growing reliance on technology across the entire value chain, cyber security is a key issue that will be discussed at the International Mining[…]

Close monitoring is the basis for keeping vibrating screens productive and achieving the lowest cost of ownership, according to Kenny Mayhew-Ridgers, Chief Operating Officer of South Africa-based vibrating screen specialist Kwatani. Moving from paper systems to digital solutions is a vital step towards this goal, he added. “Where machine data recording – combined with periodic[…]