At the upcoming MINExpo 2024 event in Las Vegas next month, DeZURIK will showcase a number of pinch valves and knife gate valves, all specifically engineered for the harsh conditions experienced in mining. The acquisition of Red Valve in 2021 greatly enhanced DeZURIK’s offerings in the mining industry, particularly the addition of Red Valve’s pinch[…]
Three years after the launch of ABB’s eMine™ ecosystem, the results speak for themselves: six operational trolley systems, a proven fast charging system and numerous project leads in the offing. Speaking to Ratna Kanth Dittakavi, Global eMine Sales Manager, it is clear the best is still yet to come from the ABB business line. In[…]
ABB has developed a new tool within its ABB Ability™ Predictive Maintenance for Grinding (PMG) platform, designed to make troubleshooting and diagnostics in mineral processing faster and more efficient than ever before, it says. Traditionally, troubleshooting for grinding technology has required the on-site presence of an engineer or a direct remote access to the plant[…]
Epiroc has launched a new long-hole production drill rig for small to medium-sized drifts, the Simba SM60 S, saying it is built to out-perform. With a new carousel design and cutting-edge automation features, this rig ensures optimal performance without compromising on safety, according to the company. As part of Epiroc’s Smart series, the new Simba[…]
Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire Universal Field Robots (UFR), the fast-growing Australia-based provider of autonomous interoperable solutions for the surface mining and underground mining markets. UFR will be reported in Digital Mining Technologies, a division within business area Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. UFR’s solution portfolio is built on a common autonomy platform,[…]
Dyno Nobel has officially opened its state-of-the-art, fully automated electronic detonator plant at its Helidon manufacturing site in Queensland. This multi-million-dollar facility it says marks a significant milestone in Dyno Nobel’s commitment to enhancing safety, innovation, and operational efficiency in the Australian resources sector, playing a crucial role in producing products vital to the mining and[…]
Molycop has opened a new SAG Ball line in Cilegon, Indonesia, that will double its SAG Ball production capacity from 50,000 t to 100,000 t. The new line positions Molycop to meet the region’s increasing demand with greater efficiency and reliability. In a significant achievement, the production line also achieves a local content certification of[…]
Aggreko is set to expand the solar farm and battery energy storage system (BESS) at Gold Fields’ Granny Smith gold mine in Western Australia, further reducing the carbon intensity of the mine and the overall power cost for the mining company. The decarbonisation of Granny Smith began almost eight years ago with Aggreko replacing the existing[…]
Exyn Technologies, a pioneer in multi-platform robotic autonomy for complex, GPS-denied environments, has announced a partnership with Stitch3D, a provider of modern cloud solutions, to host, manage, view, process and share point cloud data securely directly on the web. This collaboration helps to expand the impact and accessibility of portable SLAM capture devices by allowing[…]
Power Nickel, one of Canada’s leading metal exploration companies, has expanded its use of Fleet Space’s end-to-end mineral exploration solution, ExoSphere, to drive new geological understanding of its projects along Chile’s Atacama Fault System. With deployments across Power Nickel’s Zulema, Palo Negro and Tierra de Oro projects, ExoSphere identified significant faulting in all three areas[…]