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Pipework at an installation was experiencing severe corrosion issues caused by abrasive limestone slurry material. Due to the extent of the damage, the average lifetime of the pipes had been dramatically reduced to less than six months before the pipe spool pieces had to be completely replaced. The facility required a repair solution that would[…]

GKN Wheels says it has successfully addressed an issue facing customers in the global mining industry, launching a new system to the market known in the industry as ‘Bigfoot.’ Mining operations around the globe are facing tyre shortages, specifically on the widely used 57 in size. GKN Wheels developed an innovative system to allow a[…]

Full-scale construction is underway at Lydian’s Amulsar Gold Project in Armenia. The $65 million mining fleet is from Caterpillar. One Caterpillar 6040 hydraulic shovel, one Caterpillar 994 loader, and four Caterpillar 789D haul trucks arrived as scheduled during Q3 2017. The 6040 shovel, which is the largest load to be transported to site, cleared customs and[…]

Offering one of its most impressive pieces of equipment, Terex Trucks will be one of the main attractions at the Ugol Rossii & Mining exhibition in Novokuznetsk this week alongside its distributor in the Russian Federation, Ferronordic Machines. Taking up much of the space at the Kuzbass Fair Exhibition Center, the Scotland-based manufacturer will fill[…]

Stilfontein-based sand and aggregate supplier CNC Crushers raised throughput at its Roadstone Shaft 5 crushing plant by 45% while cutting back on maintenance and simultaneously increasing production, after implementing a full process-focused solution from Weir Minerals Africa. According to JD Singleton, Weir Minerals General Manager for Trio™ and Enduron® equipment, the customer was experiencing high[…]

Northern Vertex Mining Corp has placed a purchase order with Goodfellow Crushers for the design, fabrication and delivery of a three-stage crushing plant for the company’s 100% owned Moss mine project. The plant will consist of a primary jaw crusher, a secondary cone crusher, and two tertiary cone crushers.  The plant will be fabricated in[…]

As reported in Nikkei Asian Review, Hitachi Construction Machinery has acquired two suppliers of parts and services for mining equipment with operations in the US and Australia, continuing its expansion into the support business amid sluggish demand in its mainstay machinery market. The Japanese company recently announced the purchase of all outstanding shares of H-E[…]

Texas Mineral Resources Corp (TMRC), an exploration company targeting the heavy rare earths and a variety of other high-value elements and industrial minerals, has signed an extension to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) executed in July 2016 with Pagnotti Enterprises, parent of Jeddo Coal Co.  Jeddo Coal and its affiliates have been in the anthracite[…]

Leading gold producer Goldcorp will work together with Sandvik to convert the Borden Lake project in Ontario, Canada into one of the world’s first all-electric mines. Development at the mine is scheduled to begin early in 2017. Borden Lake is part of a pipeline of organic growth projects in Goldcorp’s portfolio. In 2015 Goldcorp announced[…]

SANY’s subsidiary SANY India recently announced its foray into the mining segment at the International Mining & Machinery Exhibition (IMME) 2016, held in Kolkata. The SRT55D dump truck was launched in the presence of one of the top five SANY customers in the Southern region. With this announcement, the company also launched its SRT range[…]