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Sandvik to acquire mining part of Schenck Process Group

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 admin

Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire the mining related business of Schenck Process Group (SP Mining). SP Mining is one of the market leaders in screening, feeding and screening media solutions in the industry. The company will be reported in Stationary Crushing and Screening, a division in Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions (SRP). “I am pleased that we continue to execute on our shift to growth strategy by expanding our core offering in a profitable niche, as well as strengthening the aftermarket share within rock processing. This validates our strategy… Read More Here

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Anglo American puts world’s largest hydrogen truck to work

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 admin

Anglo American (LON: AAL) unveiled on Friday its first self-developed green-hydrogen powered truck at the Mogalakwena platinum mine South Africa, where it will eventually replace a fleet of 40 vehicles consuming each nearly a million liters of diesel a year. The 2,000-kilowat hydrogen-battery hybrid haul truck, which is currently the world’s largest hydrogen-powered vehicle of its kind in operation, can carry a 290-tonne payload. The trucks, part of the company’s nuGen zero emissions haulage initiative, use power from a 140-megawatt solar plant that powers the hydrogen-producing mechanism. The project, expected to be… Read More Here

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Metso Outotec to deliver copper electrowinning technology to Africa.

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 admin

Finnish mining equipment maker Metso Outotec has been awarded an Є11 million (US$11.5 million) contract for the delivery of advanced electrowinning equipment to a copper cathode production plant in Africa. Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery includes the supply of basic engineering and equipment for the copper electrowinning plant expansion. Metso Outotec’s offering for copper electrowinning tankhouses comprises pre-engineered solutions, key equipment, and services to ensure superior process performance, increased safety, and minimized environmental impact. Metso Outotec also announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Tesab, a Northern Ireland based company… Read More Here

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How the latest technology is driving safer, more sustainable, and optimised underground mining

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 admin

The mining sector is notorious for being slow when it comes to embracing new technology. Mining is a cyclical industry, so organisations have been wary of making big changes, but trends suggest that this could be changing. According to the Mine-Site Technology Adoption Survey, 2022 Update analysis from GlobalData, 39% of mines are expected to invest in battery electric vehicles in the coming two years, compared with only 23% in the Q4 2020 survey. So, what is pushing this increased interest in battery electric vehicles? Decarbonisation is one clear factor, with sustainability… Read More Here

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Dwyka to make tech tangible at Mining Indaba, conduct live virtual walkabouts

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 admin

Pan-African mining technology platform Dwyka Mining Services plans to have key technology partners join its team at the upcoming Investing in African Mining Indaba 2022 to offer their view on mining technology in an effort to “make tech tangible” for Dwyka customers. “Making technology tangible means getting people to demonstrate, interact, engage and see how technology can make a difference at their operations,” says Dwyka CEO Jamie van Schoor. The Investing in African Mining Indaba will be held in Cape Town from May 9 to 12. Dwyka assists underground mining clients to adopt and adapt to evolving technologies with a focus on supporting efforts to improve safety, health and environmental conditions in the collaborative pursuit of the digital mine of the… Read More Here

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Epiroc buys Aussie electrifier

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 admin1 Comment

Perth, Western Australia-based JTMEC specialises in providing electrical infrastructure in mines and is a key player in the industry’s transition to battery electrification. Its offerings include high voltage installation and maintenance work, transformer servicing and testing, feasibility studies, and training. It also manufactures electrical products including substations and mine chargers. Epiroc president and CEO Helena Hedblom believes JTMEC will be a key enable or mine electrification going forward. “Battery electrification represents the future in the mining industry and the strong team at JTMEC is playing and important role in enabling… Read More Here

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Metso Outotec and Panafrican Equipment sign crushing and screening pact

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 admin

Metso Outotec and Panafrican Equipment Group have signed a distribution agreement for Metso Outotec’s stationary and mobile crushing and screening equipment for the aggregates and mining contractor customer segments. The agreement covers Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, where Panafrican Equipment Group has already an extensive and established presence in the construction and mining businesses, according to Metso Outotec. Olli-Pekka Oksanen, SVP, Global Distribution Management in the Aggregates business area at Metso Outotec, said: “We believe that our co-operation with Panafrican Equipment Group will help us… Read More Here

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Metso Outotec consolidates tailings tools

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 admin

Finnish mining equipment maker Metso Outotec has launched a Tailings Management Solutions portfolio it says tackles the entire chain of processes involved in tailings management. The new portfolio incorporates frontrunning products and covers tailings thickening and dewatering as well as handling through conveying and dry stacking, the firm said. The company added that elsewhere on the value chain, it also offers a frontrunning portfolio of solutions for the treatment of water produced during dewatering, enabling closed water loops while managing the level of impurities within the recycled water. “The rising… Read More Here

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Epiroc profit, orders beat forecasts

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 admin

Swedish mining gear maker Epiroc posted on Monday first-quarter earnings and order bookings above market expectations, despite a negative impact on its business in Russia and Ukraine, and forecast strong demand ahead. The global mining industry has benefited from rising prices for raw materials, a move further accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but is also contending with high overall inflation and rising energy costs. Epiroc last month suspended all deliveries to its customers in Russia, which accounted for around 6% of the group’s total sales in 2021, after Moscow… Read More Here

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Anglo’s newly named nuGen™ hydrogen powered mining truck set for May 6 launch

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 admin

The launch of Anglo American’s hydrogen-powered ultraclass mine haul truck – newly named nuGen™ – has been set for May 6, 2022 at Anglo Platinum’s Mogalakwena open pit platinum operation in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The final achievement of first public movement of the truck, a converted 291 t class Komatsu Mining 930E, will be a huge moment for Anglo’s lowcarbon transition and Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction plans as it works towards its stated interim target of 30% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030, including eight sites carbon neutral by that date. The truck is strictly speaking not purely powered by hydrogen – it is an FCEV truck… Read More Here