Category: Equipment & Technology

Tyre maker Goodyear has launched a new large haulage tyre called the RH-4A+ that uses new designs and technologies to achieve lower operating costs and higher productivity in hard rock conditions. The RH-4A+ has been engineered to deliver a lower operating cost per hour The tyre features Goodyear’s new Durawall Technology, which aims to improve sidewall durability and lateral stability, and has a wider bead design and moulded rim width. Field trials with mining customers using the 46/90R57 model showed that these features enable to the RH-4A+ to deliver up… Read More Here

Caterpillar is sponsoring a new partnership with South Dakota Mines for autonomous robotic mining, cutting-edge software used to manage mining and construction operations, and new equipment that increases efficiency and safety. These technological advancements will increase sustainability of the earth’s natural resources while improving productivity and promoting economic development, the university said. South Dakota Mines will help lead Cat® Labs MineStar™ Consortium, which partners university faculty and students with Caterpillar engineers and researchers to help build the next generation of mining and construction technology. The university has a long history… Read More Here

Sandvik will supply Glencore’s underground mobile mining equipment and aftermarket parts under a deal struck at the end of June this year. The agreement, valued at Skr1.4bn (A$249m) over a six-year lifespan, will see Sandvik become the key provider of drills, loaders and trucks for Glencore’s metalliferous mines in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Sandvik will also provide parts, service, rock tools, and digital and automation technology for the new Sandvik fleet. Following the signing of the agreement on June 30, Glencore placed an initial equipment order totalling Skr300m… Read More Here

Equipment manufacturer Epiroc has set a fourth-quarter 2020 delivery date for an US$11.3 million equipment order for Nornickel to outfit its Russian mines. The order, which includes Epiroc’s Boltec M and Cabletec M rigs, will be used in the Oktyabrskiy, Mayak and Komsomolskiy mines. Epiroc said the operator wants to reinforce its underground rock in the safest and most productive manner. Several of the Boltec machines, it said, will feature a new automated pumpable resin system, which has been a key component in Epiroc’s automated bolting development. The pumpable resin… Read More Here

Sandvik is to supply Glencore Queensland Metals’s underground mobile mining equipment and aftermarket parts under a deal struck at the end of June this year. The agreement, valued at SEK1.4 billion ($160 million) over a six-year lifespan, will see Sandvik become the key provider of drills, loaders and trucks for Glencore’s metalliferous mines in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Sandvik will also provide parts, service, rock tools, and digital and automation technology for the new Sandvik fleet. Following the signing of the agreement on June 30, Glencore placed an… Read More Here

Question: How can a company like Caterpillar CAT.N try to counter a slump in sales of bulldozers and trucks during a pandemic that has made every human a potential disease vector?Jason Ramshaw, Commercial Manager for Caterpillar Construction Digital & Technology, demonstrates the Cat Command remote control console to operate a 320 excavator at Caterpillar’s Construction Industries EAME Sales Rally in Malaga, Spain, in an undated handout photograph. Caterpillar/Handout via REUTERS Answer: Cut out human operators, perhaps? Caterpillar’s autonomous driving technology, which can be bolted on to existing machines, is helping the U.S.… Read More Here