Special reports

A delegation from Turkish mining area has signed a cooperation contract with Halbach & Braun Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co.

Canadian mining company Mandalay Resources owns and operates the Costerfield gold-antimony project southeast of Bendigo in regional Victoria, Australia.

Lyle Machinery Company, headquartered in Richland, Mississippi, US, has been announced as the newest dealer for the full line of Allu Transformer material processing attachments.

Sulzer has extended its global network of service centres with the opening of a new facility in Balikpapan, Indonesia. The new service centre is positioned in a prime location to serve customers in oil & gas, mining, power and general industries, which dominate the surrounding area.

Flexco recently announced that its Grand Rapids facility will be expanding its operation and moving to a new location.

Caterpillar has updated the proven AC electric drive system for Cat® 7495 and 7495 HF Electric Rope Shovels to deliver even greater reliability, improved maintenance access, enhanced safety and expanded ability to perform at high altitudes and in extreme temperatures.

Rio Tinto will support Energy Resources of Australia Limited’s plans for the rehabilitation of the Ranger Project Area.

Immersive Technologies has recently made available to the mining industry ‘experience centres’ through its five largest offices worldwide.

Benedikt Sobotka, CEO of Eurasian Resources Group and Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Battery Alliance, has answered some questions in relation to mining and the ‘A Vision for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain in 2030’ report from the World Economic Forum’s Global Battery Alliance.

Leslie David at Dunlop writes a guide to the types of belt edge used in rubber conveyor belts.

Harshvardhan Singh, a senior service engineer at a mining firm, discusses the measures to reduce hydraulic oil leakages in mining vehicles.

Thiess’ Erdenetsetseg Narantsatsralt is part of the first wave of women legally allowed to work underground in Mongolia.

Westech has been designing and manufacturing customised mining truck bodies for over than 50 years. Peter Forsyth, Austin Engineering’s managing director, reflects on building specialty OEM equipment for the mining industry worldwide.

Roof bolting is one of the most basic and necessary functions in underground mining operation, and over time has become more highly specialised. Fletcher explains how operations today require equipment predominantly dictated by mine conditions and individual customer desires.

Support from Australians for the nation’s minerals industry continues to increase, with the Mineral Council of Australia’s (MCA) ‘There’s more to Australian mining’ campaign.