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Mining Opportunities in SADC will Favour those in the Know 1 Mining in Zambia 

Mining Opportunities in SADC will Favour those in the Know

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With mining seeing a more sustained improvement in many Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, fortune will favour those miners and supply partners with experience on the ground.  It has been an encouraging few months for mining in the region. While the annual growth figures for March and April this year were expected – as they were off a low base from the COVID-19 lockdowns last year – the positive trend has continued from June. Strong commodities include iron ore, platinum group metals, gold, manganese, copper and cobalt, benefiting the… Read More Here
Sandvik launches new rock tools, including Tundo RH650 DTH hammer, at MINExpo 2 Equipment & Technology Events & Expos International Mining technology 

Sandvik launches new rock tools, including Tundo RH650 DTH hammer, at MINExpo

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Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is introducing a new down-the-hole (DTH) hammer, among many new innovations, at MINExpo 2021 in Las Vegas, this week. The company says it is launching several new rock tools at MINExpo, with its new Tundo™ RH650 DTH hammer one of the highlights. This DTH hammer can, the company says, reduce fuel consumption by up to 15% while increasing penetration rates by up to 20%. Sandvik is also introducing its heavy duty top hammer drill bits, the new Autobit and its Charger™ RR450 rotary drill bit, which can achieve… Read More Here
Combining the best of Sandvik and Artisan – the new 50 t TH550B battery truck launches, with 65 t TH665B next 3 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Combining the best of Sandvik and Artisan – the new 50 t TH550B battery truck launches, with 65 t TH665B next

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The new Sandvik TH550B 50 t battery-electric truck, the company says, combines the best of two worlds: Sandvik’s half-century of experience designing and manufacturing equipment for the underground mining industry, and the innovative Artisan™ battery packs and electric drivelines. “This combination of proven solutions and third-generation BEV technology is a game changer for any site in pursuit of a more sustainable and highly productive fleet.” Rethink the machine, keep the same mine The Sandvik TH550B combines proven solutions and third-generation BEV technology. The truck has been designed to best utilise… Read More Here
Komatsu’s MC51 hard-rock cutting tech up and running at Vale’s Garson mine 4 International Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Komatsu’s MC51 hard-rock cutting tech up and running at Vale’s Garson mine

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Vale and Komatsu’s mechanical rock excavation (MRE) collaboration has moved into another gear, with the Komatsu MC51 machine featuring DynaCut mechanical cutting technology now operating underground at Vale’s Garson nickel mine in Sudbury, Canada, Vale’s Dino Otranto confirmed at MINExpo 2021, in Las Vegas, today. Speaking at the ‘Creating value together: Special one-time presentation with Vale’ event on Monday, Otranto, Chief Operating Officer of North Atlantic Operations and Asian Refineries for Vale, said the machine was in operation, 2.5 km underground at Garson after recently being assembled. The machine is scheduled… Read More Here
Autonomous electric drive Cat 794 AC projects progress at QB2 & Quellaveco 5 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Autonomous electric drive Cat 794 AC projects progress at QB2 & Quellaveco

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Since the Cat® 794 AC electric drive truck debuted at MINExpo 2016, the global fleet has logged more than 780,000 hours of field operation, averaging physical availability of 90%. Offering up to 8% better payload and faster speed-on-grade, the 794 AC delivers up to 10% more productivity than competitive trucks. The 794 AC truck field fleet has tripled over the last two years to more than 150 units with the highest-hour truck logging more than 52,000 hours. They are working in coal and hard rock, deep pit and flat haul sites… Read More Here
MINExpo Highlights Massive Machines and Technology Advancements for the Mining Industry 6 Events & Expos Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

MINExpo Highlights Massive Machines and Technology Advancements for the Mining Industry

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Traditionally, MINExpo is held every four years as a means to showcase the latest cutting-edge equipment, innovations, services and technologies that can take mining operations to the next level and ensure long-term growth. After that four-year gap was extended by nearly a year due to COVID, the industry is ready and eager to move forward, coming back stronger than ever with the in-person event taking place September 13 to 15 in Las Vegas. As the world’s largest mining event, MINExpo covers the entire industry: exploration, mine development, open pit and underground mining,… Read More Here
Epiroc to acquire specialist in mining vehicle battery conversions 8 International Mining technology 

Epiroc to acquire specialist in mining vehicle battery conversions

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Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has agreed to acquire the business and assets of FVT Research Inc., a Canadian company with expertise in converting diesel-powered mining machines to battery-electric vehicles. FVT Research, based in Vancouver, Canada, designs diesel-to-battery conversion kits and rebuilds mining machines to electric versions. The company has also recently been part of a successful project to convert the diesel-powered Epiroc Scooptram ST1030 loader to battery electric. FVT Research has about 25 employees and had revenues in 2020 of $3.16… Read More Here
Sandvik, Exyn combine capabilities in new autonomous mine inspection concept 9 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik, Exyn combine capabilities in new autonomous mine inspection concept

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Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and Exyn Technologies have furthered their strategic partnership looking at new horizons of mine autonomy with the introduction of the Sandvik Exyn inspection concept. An autonomous mapping solution that can co-operate with autonomous machines without stopping production, according to Jussi Puura, Research and Technology Development, Digitalization Lead at Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions, the pair launched the concept at MINExpo 2021, in Las Vegas, today. Back in March, the companies expanded the strategic partnership they initially signed in 2020, looking to integrate drone-based data processed using Exyn’s… Read More Here
Barrick eyes new mines, not deals, for future growth 10 Mining in Zambia Gold International Mining Companies 

Barrick eyes new mines, not deals, for future growth

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Barrick Gold Corp (ABX.TO) Chief Executive Mark Bristow spent years burnishing his reputation as an aggressive dealmaker, but he says now he is focused on new mines that he hopes will boost profit and the company’s sagging stock price. The strategy eschews the acquisition appetite that made Barrick what it is today and instead pins the company’s growth on exploration projects in Egypt, Nevada, Guyana and elsewhere. “The very foundation of our future has to be our geologists and where we are investing,” Bristow told Reuters on the sidelines of the MINExpo… Read More Here

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