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Chevron Lubricants has introduced its Delo TorqForce Syn FD-1 high performance, fully synthetic lubricant designed for use in final drives and axles of large mining haul trucks and other support equipment. Delo TorqForce Syn FD-1 was designed to increase performance over conventional SAE 60 TO-4 and FD-1 products and formulated to deliver maximum system protection.[…]

KSB says it has completed its multiphase, $44 million expansion at its Grovetown, Georgia, facility, with the expanded base now serving as the headquarters of GIW® Slurry Pumps. In 2020, the KSB Group launched KSB Mining, a new market-driven organisation providing its leading expertise on centrifugal pumps — in slurry and non-slurry applications — to[…]

Sudbury’s renowned Cambrian College is to establish a “Battery Electric Vehicle Lab” after being named a recipient of federal government funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) initiative. Cambrian’s BEV lab is one of 150 projects across Canada to receive funding, with the C$45 million ($35 million) in funding dished out to 43 institutions.[…]

There is no doubt that the all-electric mining truck using onboard energy storage with charging from an offboard trolley line is a principal solution for zero-emissions that a lot of the industry is looking at. IM Editorial Director, Paul Moore had the chance at MINExpo 2021 recently to meet with Daniel Robertson (right in picture),[…]

BELAZ recently reached a major milestone when its 500th 90 t 7558 mining dump truck was assembled. Mining dump trucks of this particular series made history as the world’s first dump trucks with a payload capacity of 90 t equipped with an electromechanical AC transmission. Today, the BELAZ-7558 series dump trucks is represented by 10[…]

For more than 125 years, Switzerland’s jura cement, a subsidiary of CRH PLC, has served as a manufacturer and supplier of building materials. However, mounting community pressure regarding dust emissions, vibration and noise are threatening the company’s future at its largest quarry operations. To address these concerns, jura cement is implementing new precision surface mining[…]

Freeport-McMoRan Inc has announced the publication of its updated 2020 Climate Report which details the work underway across its global business to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improve energy efficiency, advance the use of renewable energy and understand and enhance the company’s resilience to future climate-related risks. With the publication of this report, it also[…]

South Africa-based proximity detection specialist Booyco Electronics is broadening its global reach through collaboration agreements with selected technology integrators. Solutions from Booyco Electronics, a pioneering force in proximity detection systems (PDS) and collision avoidance, have been attracting increasing international interest, says CEO Anton Lourens. The company has been applying and improving its technology mainly in[…]

Hewitt Robins was previously awarded the contract to supply the UK’s largest and oldest working mine with a replacement Vibrating Screen. Winsford Rock Salt mine, part of Compass Minerals, previously had a 50 year old GEC 2.5 m x 7 m double deck linear motion screen which was becoming tired, problematic and in need of replacement.[…]

Nordgold PLC, the internationally diversified gold producer, has announced it has completed Phase 1 of the expansion of mining and processing capacity at its largest mine, the flagship Gross mine in Yakutia, Russia to 18 Mt of ore per year, up from 16 Mt of ore processed in 2020. In addition, Nordgold continues development of[…]