Mining equipment news

Following five years of intense R&D, global leader in explosives Dyno Nobel, has unveiled a fully autonomous system which tackles one of mining's last, manual, and safety-critical processes – the drill and blast bench.

Metso has commissioned a new 4-MW extra-large slurry pump test rig at its Test and Training Center in Sala, Sweden.

Epiroc AB, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has won a large order for underground mining equipment from Sibanye-Stillwater for a platinum mine in South Africa.

Mike Rikkola, Vice President, Software-Defined Vehicle and Autonomy Platforms, Komatsu, demonstrates how a leading OEM is helping define mining's next era of intelligent operations.

EACON Mining Technology’s autonomous solution has now been deployed on more than 1500 battery-electric mining trucks, making battery-electric vehicles the largest single powertrain category across EACON’s autonomous fleet.

Sandvik has received an order from Orken LLP, the iron ore division of Qarmet JSC, to supply a 27-unit underground mining fleet to support the transition from manual development to mechanised mining at its Atasu operation at the Western Karazhal mine in Kazakhstan.

Shougang Group and Rio Tinto have successfully built and commissioned an industrial-scale carbon capture trial facility for blast furnace gas at Shougang’s operations in China.

Fortescue’s Christmas Creek Green Metal Project, featuring Metso’s DRI Smelting Furnace technology, has produced its first hot metal in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Martin Engineering has broadened its footprint in the West African nation of Ghana by partnering with Aggrey & Associates, one of the country’s most trusted mining and industrial operations consultants.

A new service launched by leading Cat® dealer WesTrac has delivered reductions in machine downtime on mine sites by 32%, setting a new benchmark for reliability and productivity for the Australian mining industry.