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Complete Lighting Solution for South Africa’s Longest Road Tunnel - BEKA Schréder 1

BEKA Schréder is proud to have supplied the LED lighting solution for the Huguenot Tunnel near Paarl, Western Cape. It is South Africa’s longest road tunnel. This installation will result in energy, maintenance and cost savings. The upgrade also has positive impact on the safety of road users. The Huguenot Toll Tunnel provides a route through the Du Toitskloof Mountains which separates Paarl and Worcester. The 3,9km long tunnel was opened in March 1988, and is 11km shorter than the route across the pass. According to the Average Annual Daily… Read More Here

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BHP reports lower volumes at Olympic Dam due to a planned smelter maintenance campaign

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 admin

BHP has reported lower volumes at Olympic Dam due to a planned smelter maintenance campaign, completed in January 2022. This was partially offset by higher volumes at Antamina. Escondida copper production decreased by 15% to 488 000 t due to concentrator feed grade decline, despite a record performance for material mined. Metallurgical coal production for the December quarter was stagnant compared with the previous quarter, reaching 8.8-million tonnes, but down 8% in the half-year, to 17.6-million tonnes. BHP reported that Queensland coal production decreased due to significant wet weather, with… Read More Here

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Sandvik to Upgrade EL Teniente in Two Phases

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 admin

Sandvik will deploy its AutoMine load and haul technology to Codelco’s El Teniente mine in Chile in two phases between 2022 and 2027 as part of a broader automation and digitalisation upgrade. The first phase, to take place between 2022 and 2023, will see Codelco receiving two Toro TH663i trucks and two Sandvik LH514 loaders, as well as an AutoMine Fleet system capable of being scaled to support up to 16 machines and production hardware over several years. Additionally, the first phase of the order, which includes support contracts for… Read More Here

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Epiroc posts 17% increase in operating profit

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

Swedish mining equipment manufacturer Epiroc has posted a 17% increase to 2.59 billion crowns (USD 280 million) in its operating profit for the December quarter. Epiroc saw orders increase by 25% to 11.6 billion Swedish crowns, and recorded an organic growth of 19% in Service and 16% in Tools and Attachments. Mining equipment orders also increased 20% organically. North America had the highest growth rate for equipment orders. Revenues hit a record 11.2 billion Swedish crowns, increasing 14% year-on-year. “Revenues increased and both operating profit and margin reached new records,… Read More Here

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Metso Outotec Winner of 2021 Mining Magazine Service and Support Award

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 admin

Metso Outotec was voted the winner in the Service and Support category by one of the world’s leading industrial magazines, Mining Magazine, for the center launder upgrade project conducted at Hudbay Minerals Constancia site. In its annual awards, Mining Magazine recognizes the outstanding performance of new technologies, initiatives, and equipment in the mining sector in a variety of categories. Winners are nominated and voted on by Mining Magazine readers around the world. Metso Outotec and Hudbay collaborated to improve the performance of the rougher flotation at the Constancia mine site… Read More Here

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Mining boosts Sandvik December quarter

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 admin

Swedish engineering company Sandvik posted a positive December quarter, with strong demand for mining equipment boosting its numbers. Total order intake in the Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions department grew by 52% year on year, of which organic growth accounted for 30%, chief executive Stefan Widing said. Sandvik also received a “record” number of orders for its AutoMine fleet and its Newtrax collision avoidance systems, he said. AutoMine orders came to 254 million Swedish crowns (USD 27 million), while Newtrax orders amounted to 155 million Swedish crowns (USD 16.6 million).… Read More Here

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Metso Outotec to start next phase in the development of its Metals business

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 admin

Metso Outotec will take the next structural development steps in its business portfolio, following the completed integration of its Minerals business and the successful turnaround of its Metals business. Metso is a process technology, equipment and services company serving the minerals, metals and aggregates industries. The company plans to change its business area structure and related reporting segments by transferring the Hydrometallurgy business from Metals to Minerals. The objective of the change is to accelerate Metso’s profitable growth in the minerals processing industry by more efficiently leveraging the opportunities and… Read More Here

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Hitachi to sell half its digger unit stake for $1.6 billion

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 admin

Japanese industrial conglomerate Hitachi Ltd. will sell about half of its stake in its construction machinery unit to a group including Itochu Corp. for 182.5 billion yen ($1.6 billion). The company will sell a 26.1% holding in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. for 3,300 yen a share in June, Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. said Friday in a statement. That’s a premium to its closing price of 2,976 yen. Hitachi will retain a 25.4% stake after the sale, which also includes Japan Industrial Partners Inc. as a buyer. For Hitachi, the sale is… Read More Here

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MGX and Metso Outotec strike silicon deal

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 admin

The company said Metso Outotec had been tasked with providing design, equipment and mechanical engineering to process high-grade silica MGX Minerals, a Canada-based mining and technology company, has signed an agreement with Finnish engineering equipment provider Metso Outotec to upgrade its silicon project in British Columbia. The company said Metso Outotec had been tasked with providing design, equipment and mechanical engineering to process high-grade silica from its Gibraltar silica deposit into silicon metal. The company said the primary piece of process equipment would be a submerged arc furnace. The electric… Read More Here

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Epiroc launches Mobius for Drills, a data hub for mine operations

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 admin

Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, in partnership with ASI Mining LLC, introduces Mobius for Drills, a new platform to convert data into useful, actionable information. Mobius for Drills will lead mines toward automation and connectivity. Featuring embedded artificial intelligence, the user-friendly Mobius system enables multi-vehicle command, control and monitoring to maximize productivity and safety. “We think of it as a tool to directly support making quick and effective interrelated decisions. Mines can get greater productivity and economies of scale as a single operator controls… Read More Here