Mining equipment news

Wirtgen has received the iF Design Award 2020, with its new W 210 Fi large milling machine winning the award in the ‘product’ category.

Back in July 2019, AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH began increasing the capacity in its engineering team; this signalled the start of a new product design in the conveying and transportation of alternative fuels. The engineering team has now started the new year with its full complement.

GroundProbe has extended its Slope Stability Radar (SSR) product offering with the release of the SSR-Agilis.

Wirtgen has added the W 220 Fi and W 250 Fi flagship models to its F series.

Autonomous solutions specialist RCT has finalised the last stage of a project to automate 24 underground mine chutes for a client in West Papua in Indonesia.

The product aims to help improve quality, reduce raw material cost and minimise waste and re-work.

At the beginning of this year, Bedeschi was awarded a bauxite storage facility for Guinea Alumina Corporation part of Emirates Global Aluminium in ABU DABHI by DTP Mining, part of Bouygues Construction (France).

The surface mining M-Series screener / crusher attachment from Allu has been used to crush mined clay by a US mineral company for over a year.

ASI has improved an algorithm for autonomous vehicles to detect drop-offs and other large negative obstacles often found in the environments in which automated off-road vehicles operate.

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.