Category: Equipment & Technology

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

There is a global mandate for all industrial businesses to reduce their carbon footprint – and in coming years this requisite will become government instituted policy. There are many areas across a mine site that offer the potential to improve their environmental impact, and with the rapid onset of technology, this now includes electric powered heavy-duty trucks, IDEANOMICS head of communications and investor relations TONY SKLAR tells the media. Nasdaq-listed Ideanomics is a global company focused on facilitating the adoption of commercial electric vehicles and developing next generation financial services and Fintech products. Its… Read More Here

Metso Outotec will deliver two energy-efficient Vertimill® VTM-4500 stirred mills to a gold mine in Australia in 2021. These vertical grinding mills will be the largest of their kind to be installed in Australia. Typical value for this type of an order is in the range of €10 – 15 million, depending on the scope of delivery. The order has been booked in the company’s orders received in 3Q20. Metso Outotec’s Vertimill provides the lowest total cost of ownership compared to other grinding mills in many applications thanks to its high… Read More Here

Following the virtual grand opening of its Rock Drill Innovation Centre, in Finland, Swedish mining gear and metal-cutting tools maker Sandvik launched its RDX5 rock drill on September 30. The rock drill builds on the success of “the most dependable rock drill in the market”, the HLX5, and continues to provide improved reliability, reduces operating costs and has “exceptional” productivity, says Sandvik. The RDX5 comes with a substantially increased service interval and keeps a minimal amount of moving parts as the basic design principle, but also has new features like… Read More Here