Category: Equipment & Technology

Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire the mining related business of Schenck Process Group (SP Mining). SP Mining is one of the market leaders in screening, feeding and screening media solutions in the industry. The company will be reported in Stationary Crushing and Screening, a division in Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions (SRP). “I am pleased that we continue to execute on our shift to growth strategy by expanding our core offering in a profitable niche, as well as strengthening the aftermarket share within rock processing. This validates our strategy… Read More Here

Anglo American (LON: AAL) unveiled on Friday its first self-developed green-hydrogen powered truck at the Mogalakwena platinum mine South Africa, where it will eventually replace a fleet of 40 vehicles consuming each nearly a million liters of diesel a year.  The 2,000-kilowat hydrogen-battery hybrid haul truck, which is currently the world’s largest hydrogen-powered vehicle of its kind in operation, can carry a 290-tonne payload. The trucks, part of the company’s nuGen zero emissions haulage initiative, use power from a 140-megawatt solar plant that powers the hydrogen-producing mechanism. The project, expected to be… Read More Here

Finnish mining equipment maker Metso Outotec has been awarded an Є11 million (US$11.5 million) contract for the delivery of advanced electrowinning equipment to a copper cathode production plant in Africa.  Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery includes the supply of basic engineering and equipment for the copper electrowinning plant expansion. Metso Outotec’s offering for copper electrowinning tankhouses comprises pre-engineered solutions, key equipment, and services to ensure superior process performance, increased safety, and minimized environmental impact. Metso Outotec also announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Tesab, a Northern Ireland based company… Read More Here

Metso Outotec and Panafrican Equipment Group have signed a distribution agreement for Metso Outotec’s stationary and mobile crushing and screening equipment for the aggregates and mining contractor customer segments. The agreement covers Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, where Panafrican Equipment Group has already an extensive and established presence in the construction and mining businesses, according to Metso Outotec. Olli-Pekka Oksanen, SVP, Global Distribution Management in the Aggregates business area at Metso Outotec, said: “We believe that our co-operation with Panafrican Equipment Group will help us… Read More Here

Swedish mining gear maker Epiroc posted on Monday first-quarter earnings and order bookings above market expectations, despite a negative impact on its business in Russia and Ukraine, and forecast strong demand ahead. The global mining industry has benefited from rising prices for raw materials, a move further accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but is also contending with high overall inflation and rising energy costs. Epiroc last month suspended all deliveries to its customers in Russia, which accounted for around 6% of the group’s total sales in 2021, after Moscow… Read More Here