Category: Equipment & Technology

Company says solutions can improve process performance and reduce energy consumption. Metso Outotec has started launching what it calls “leading-edge” digital solutions to ensure the optimal operation and maintenance of iron ore pelletising plants over their entire lifecycle. The company said it is part of a broader effort to improve process performance, production capacity and product quality while at the same time cutting reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs. The new digital solutions include the Metso Outotec Control System OCD-4D and the Planet Positive Optimus advanced process control system for… Read More Here

At MINExpo 2021Liebherr showcases the development of autonomous solutions supported by an open and interoperable mine autonomy platform. Liebherr has developed an industry-first open protocol, to deliver next generation autonomous haulage solutions. Semi-automatic Bucket Filling Assistant and the new LiReCon teleoperations system offer the first steps towards machine automation for Liebherr’s excavator and dozer product lines. Liebherr Mining’s machine automation philosophy supports open and interoperable mine automation platforms, giving customers choice in their equipment, autonomy, and infrastructure ecosystem. The developments in Liebherr’s autonomous haulage technology, as well as the first… Read More Here

Metso Outotec has announced it will consolidate and integrate its fine grinding solutions. Finnish mining engineering company Metso Outotec has announced it will consolidate and integrate its fine grinding solutions into a new stirred mill plant unit. The units integrate Metso Outotec’s existing stirred mills products with other proprietary technology products including hydrocyclones, samplers, analysers, and slurry pumps By integrating existing products, Metso Outotec said it can offer a process performance guarantee based on testing of representative samples and a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculation co-created with its customers. Existing… Read More Here

As pressure builds on the carbon-intensive mining industry to slash emissions, leading Australian players are rushing to decarbonize their truck fleet using a range of options from hydrogen to battery-powered vehicles. Fortescue Metals Group in June designed and built a hydrogen-powered haul truck — “the first of its kind in the world,” said Julie Shuttleworth, CEO of green technology unit Fortescue Future Industries. Site tests are scheduled to begin by June 2023. “All you could see was slight puffs of pure steam,” Fortescue Metals Chairman Andrew Forrest said of his experience driving the truck during an August earnings call.… Read More Here