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Strata Worldwide, the provider of advanced safety and underground networking technologies, has signed an equity partnership agreement and global distribution agreement with Australia-based Vernetzen. Through these agreements, Strata says it will provide its global customer base with an expanded range of networking solutions and innovative cybersecurity tools that are specifically designed for underground mining and tunnelling.[…]

Allison Transmission has announced a strategic partnership agreement with China’s SANY, the global heavy equipment manufacturer for the mining and construction markets. Allison will supply its family of Off Road Series™ (ORS) and Wide Body Dump Series™ (WBD) transmissions for integration into their lineup of mining vehicles including the next-generation SANY SKT105 wide body mining[…]

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced that the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) has approved support and incentives for Fortescue, the global green energy, metals, and technology company, to establish a US Advanced Manufacturing Center in Detroit, Michigan. As Fortescue first announced in front of world leaders at APEC last year, the Piquette Avenue facility[…]

At Intermat 2024 from April 24-27, Develon, formerly Doosan Construction Equipment, says it will show why innovation is at the heartbeat of the company, with an industry-leading display of new state-of-the-art machine and digital technologies being seen for the first time at the show. This includes the first demonstration of Develon’s Concept-X 2.0 cabless construction and[…]

China’s JCHX is best known as a global mining contractor and services provider to operations like Kamoa-Kakula and Konkola but is rapidly increasingly its influence in Africa as a copper mine in its own right. It already has two mines in its own portfolio – Lonshi in DRC, previously owned by ERG; and Dikulushi, also in[…]

In another major development in the large geared drives market in mining, on 22 January 2024, FLSmidth through FLSmidth Cement, sold its MAAG gears and drives business to the Swedish investment company, Solix Group AB. The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2024 and includes all related assets, including intellectual property,[…]

On January 21, a 120-ton class all-domestic Chinese electric drive mining truck ZTE210 independently developed by Zoomlion rolled off the production line in Changsha. The OEM says it is the first all-domestic electric drive truck of the this size to be launched in China. It added that the successful rollout of ZTE210 is a historic breakthrough[…]

TAKRAF Group has announced the signing of a major contract with Societe Nationale Industrielle et Miniere (SNIM) for the supply of a complete iron ore crushing, screening, and material handling system, along with a train loading station for the F’Derick project in Mauritania. It is TAKRAF’s second major contract award in West Africa recently following the[…]

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[…]

It is well known that the remote operation of large mining shovels is something that the major miners want – it is a natural progression as part of taking operators out of hazardous in-pit working locations and conditions, plus in mines that already have autonomous trucks as well as autonomous drills, the shovel and excavator[…]