Sandvik adds 30-tonne TH430 to Toro range 1 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik adds 30-tonne TH430 to Toro range

Swedish OEM Sandvik is upgrading its 30 tonne TH430 dump truck with the newer engine technology and adding the TH430 to the Toro range. Sandvik said the upgraded Toro TH430 truck has two engine configuration options: Stage V and Tier II / EU Stage II, both from Volvo Penta. Stage II has an output of 310 kW and Stage V has an output of 315 kW. This “makes the Toro TH430 truck the most powerful underground truck in its size class”, said the firm. The newly introduced engine option, the 13-liter… Read More Here
LED Highbay Lighting for Workshop - BEKA Schréder 2 Sponsored Content Equipment & Technology 

LED Highbay Lighting for Workshop – BEKA Schréder

BEKA Schréder has supplied the LED highbay lighting solution at Liebherr-Africa’s crane workshop in Springs near Johannesburg. BEKA Schréder was approached by Liebherr-Africa as they were looking for a reliable LED lighting luminaire manufacturer and supplier. BEKA Schréder’s ECOBAY, an LED lowbay and highbay lighting range, was the luminaire of choice due to its reliable performance, low dust accumulation, versatility and no need for relamping and regular maintenance. The ECOBAY has been designed and manufactured in South African and is the ideal luminaire for lighting industrial facilities at optimized light… Read More Here
Metso Outotec secures €100m Uzbek order 3 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Metso Outotec secures €100m Uzbek order

Metso Outotec has been awarded a €100 million order from Uzbekistan’s Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Company. The Finnish company will provide equipment to Almalyk’s MOF3 copper-gold-molybdenum concentrator complex in Almalyk, in the Tashkent region of the country. The concentrator will have a planned capacity of 60 million tonnes per annum. The concentrator is located next to the Yoshlik-1 deposit. Metso Outotec will provide basic engineering, manufacturing, and supply of the Higmill regrinding mills, TankCell flotation equipment and high-rate thickeners, as well as FrothSense+ froth cameras. The company will also provide… Read More Here
Sandvik looks to an open, interoperable and automation-ready future 4 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik looks to an open, interoperable and automation-ready future

To fully step into Industry 4.0 and realise the transformative power of solutions such as automation, artificial intelligence and advanced analytics requires a change in the way that mining data is handled and utilised from one system to the next, according to the Sandvik Rotary Drilling Division (part of Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions). Programs that are designed to fully integrate with those from other vendors will not only deliver efficiency and cost benefits today, but also help mining houses transition into powerhouses of the future, it says. As mining… Read More Here
Epiroc completes acquisition of JTMEC 5 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Epiroc completes acquisition of JTMEC

Swedish mining equipment maker Epiroc has completed the acquisition of JTMEC, an Australian company that specializes in providing mines with electrical infrastructure.  JTMEC, based in Perth, Australia, is an electrification infrastructure solutions provider for both underground and surface mines. The company’s offerings include high voltage installation and maintenance work, transformer servicing and testing, engineering design, feasibility studies, and training. It also manufactures electrical products including substations and mine chargers. JTMEC has 190 employees and had revenues in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, of about A$34 million (US$24 million). Epiroc… Read More Here
Metso Outotec, Malvern work on ore sorting 6 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Metso Outotec, Malvern work on ore sorting

Finnish company Metso Outotec and UK-based Malvern Panalytical have signed a deal to collaborate in the provision of sensor-based ore sorting products. Both companies have expertise in crushing and bulk material handling. The collaboration will result in “substantially” improved head grade through preconcentration, Metso Outotec said. “Collaboration with partners like Malvern Panalytical will allow us to meet the industry’s increasing sustainability and resource efficiency needs in an enhanced way in the early communition stage,” Metso Outotec VP of Digital Technologies Rashmi Kasat said. “Sensor-based bulk ore sorting and data-driven analysis… Read More Here
Sandvik offers up enhanced three-deck Doublescreen solution 7 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik offers up enhanced three-deck Doublescreen solution

Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screens, part of Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions, has announced what it says is a new first-of-its-kind, three-deck tracked mobile plant with independent screen angle adjustment and hydraulic screen separation in the form of its QA452. The latest evolution of the Sandvik QA Series products and three-deck Doublescreen technology, the QA452 features two triple deck inline screen boxes with equal size screen decks, each providing 9 cu.m of screening area Sandvik Doublescreen technology typically outperforms traditional screens by up to 30%, offering a tailored rock processing solution… Read More Here
Cat to have prototype battery electric trucks running in 2022 8 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Cat to have prototype battery electric trucks running in 2022

In its 2022 Investor Day presentation on May 17, Caterpillar Inc through Group President of Resource Industries – Denise Johnson – gave more insight than before on the timeline for development and introduction of its battery electric zero emissions mining trucks. She mentioned first of course the zero emissions machine agreements that have been made with customers to date with BHP, Rio Tinto, Newmont, Teck and NMG. “These agreements are primarily focussed on the deployment of battery electric zero emissions trucks…we are focussed initially on introducing four zero emission truck… Read More Here
Sandvik helping facilitate Rocksure’s mining services growth in Ghana 9 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik helping facilitate Rocksure’s mining services growth in Ghana

Rapidly growing mining services provider Rocksure International in Ghana, Africa, has had a 100% Sandvik drill rig fleet since it was established and, according to the OEM, the partnership has been delivering spectacular results. With drill rigs used in mining applications, the secret to success is to keep them in tip top condition throughout their working lives. So, parts – who makes them and the service that comes with them – is of critical importance for these machines, Sandvik says. By adopting the best work practices and latest premium equipment,… Read More Here
Metso Outotec launches new padded truck body 10 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Metso Outotec launches new padded truck body

Industrial technology company Metso Outotec has launched its new truck body, which is a one-piece, lightweight, hybrid truck bowl that combines the benefits of high-strength steel and rubber. It was designed to lower hauling costs, in addition to offering a safer working environment and maximising payload. The new truck body is capable of achieving more tonnage than conventional lined truck bodies, owing to the lower weight of the bowl, for a lower operating cost than steel-lined truck bodies. It also enables a 30% reduction in weight over conventional steel-lined truck bodies. This allows for more payload to be… Read More Here

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