Category: Equipment & Technology

Building on a more than half-century legacy that includes the best-selling large mining loader model of all time, the new Cat® 992 Wheel Loader sets a new standard by offering up to 32% greater productivity. This new large mining loader reduces maintenance costs by as much as 10% and offers up to 48% greater payload-per-fuel efficiency than the earlier model 992K. Powered by the new Cat C32B engine with U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final/EU Stage V and Tier 2 equivalent emission engine options, the new 992 meets the global industry’s demand… Read More Here

John Deere has announced the expansion of its construction equipment line-up to 18 countries across Southern and Western Africa, where Deere-branded construction products were previously not available.  This expansion, which will include backhoe loaders, excavators, wheel loaders, motor graders and crawler dozers, will be sold and supported by independent, newly appointed John Deere dealers, still to be announced.  The countries included on the list are South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Angola, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Egypt, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and Sudan.  “This expansion provides an… Read More Here

Improving safety is the central concern for mining companies, and the application of wearables in the industry reflects this. A range of wearable tech devices can assist with improving safety, but the principal method is through the addition of sensors. Whether they are incorporated through smart helmets, smart jackets or body suits, or simply through wearable sensors, the ability to measure various internal and external health risks can prove invaluable for mining companies. Impact of Wearable Tech Listed below is the impact of wearable tech on the wearable industry, as… Read More Here

Epiroc has taken what Niklas Berggren, Global Product Manager for Face Drilling Equipment, says is the next logical development step in underground face drilling design by creating a new Boomer with protected hydraulics, sensors and cables. The Epiroc Boomer M20 is designed and built to minimise unplanned stops and maximise uptime and performance in highly demanding operations by removing what is thought to be the biggest downtime drain in underground face drilling – the need to stop production for hose changes. Epiroc explains: “A challenging part of underground work is… Read More Here

Heavy-duty machines and services company Barloworld Equipment (BWE) Mining has extended its mining solutions offering with the introduction of the Caterpillar MD6200 rotary blasthole drill. “The MD6200 is a production rotary blasthole drill capable of drilling vertically as well as out to 30° angle holes. It is the only platform drill produced by a major original equipment manufacturer that is capable of drilling at a negative angle, giving drillers the flexibility to use the machine for specialty projects such as ramp or access development, sink shots as well as limited pre-split drilling,” says BWE Product Manager for Caterpillar drills, Ramon Glaus. He notes that mining has become increasingly challenging over the… Read More Here

Swedish mining equipment marker Sandvik has added a top hammer longhole drill that uses an electric driveline system, the DL422iE, to its battery-powered offerings. Sandvik said the DL422iE, which is the company’s second battery-driven underground drill, aims to achieve enhanced drilling performance while eliminating diesel emissions during tramming. The rig uses electric power to drive a 33 kW HF1560ST longhole rock drill, and is capable of  drilling vertical and inclined fans and single or parallel Ø89-127 mm longholes up to 54 m in depth using ST58 and ST68 tube rods. The DL422iE… Read More Here

Several days ago, Maclean Engineering, a Canadian company that supports and provides underground mobile equipment technologies to regions in Sub-Saharan Africa, had the commercial launch of the latest additions to its EV Series fleet at its research and training centre in Sudbury. The fleet consists of mining vehicles that operate diesel-free. One of the fleet’s new units is the BEV ss5 Shotcrete Sprayer, a battery electric articulated EV sprayer created specifically for use in underground mining and a first for the industry. Maclean’s mobile concrete mixer truck, the TM3 Transmixer,… Read More Here