Mining equipment news

Thiess has been appointed mining services provider for Fortescue’s Iron Bridge Project in Western Australia.

BHP Group Ltd, Caterpillar Inc., and Finning International Inc. have announced an agreement to replace BHP’s entire haul truck fleet at the Escondida mine, located in the Antofagasta Region, northern Chile.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has received a large order for surface mining equipment and its AutoMine Surface Drilling solution from Movitec, a contractor on Codelco’s Rajo Inca opencast project.

ABB is installing its digital platform at Gold Fields’ Salares Norte project in Chile to drive efficient, sustainable and remote operations.

Epiroc has signed an agreement to acquire AARD Mining Equipment, a South African mining equipment manufacturer.

RCT has been selected as the preferred automation partner by Westauz Mining.

ABD Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding with Amaroq Minerals Ltd to investigate the potential for the introduction of vehicle autonomy systems for various mining vehicles at the Nalunaq site in Greenland.

Mineral Resources has commenced early works at its Onslow Iron project, in order to support first ore on ship around December 2023.

Wood has secured a new contract from Enter Engineering to deliver a major capital investment project in Uzbekistan.

Freudenberg Filtration Technologies has devised the Freudenberg S.A.F.E.air filtration solution to reduce airborne respirable contaminants and CO2 levels in mining vehicle cabins.