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Nokia launches 5G device, routers for mines 1 Mining technology International 

Nokia launches 5G device, routers for mines

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Nokia will launch a new 5G SA capable smartphone and a range of field routers to allow more enterprises to connect teams and equipment in demanding environments using private wireless networks. The company said its expanded portfolio of devices would enable better connectivity between machines, sensors and vehicles in harsh environments, such as mines. It explained that the “highly durable” Nokia XR20 smartphone could work in extreme temperatures from +55c to -22c, 1.8m drops and 1 hour underwater. Like other industrial handheld devices, it will come pre-loaded with applications such as… Read More Here
Metso Outotec wins deal for greenfield nickel project 2 Equipment & Technology Mining Supply Tenders Mining technology 

Metso Outotec wins deal for greenfield nickel project

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Metso Outotec has won a contract for a fleet of horizontal grinding mills and thickeners to a greenfield nickel project in Indonesia. The company said the machinery is worth approximately $27.8 million (€24 million), and it has been booked in its Minerals’ Q3/2021. Details of the project have not been disclosed. Additionally, the grinding mills have a total installed power of 10.6MW; the delivery will also include 13 high-compression thickeners (HCTs), part of its ‘Planet Positive’ offering. Markku Terasvasara, deputy chief executive officer, Metso Outotec, said it won the contract… Read More Here
Multotec expands portfolio to improve productivity 3 Mining technology 

Multotec expands portfolio to improve productivity

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Multotec, a South African engineering and mineral processing company, has added two rubber vulcanisation presses to its manufacturing facility in Spartan, Gauteng, South Africa, which will reduce lead times for customers. The company explained that the new additions have improved both the production capacity of the facility as well as the dimensional capability in the production of lifter bars, shell plates, head plates and grate plates for mill linings. Thando Makhoba, managing director, Multotec Rubber, said the new hydraulic presses have larger daylight openings to accommodate higher throughput and larger… Read More Here
Epiroc wins $15M rig order for IAMGOLD's Cote 4 Equipment & Technology Mining Supply Tenders Mining technology 

Epiroc wins $15M rig order for IAMGOLD’s Cote

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Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has won a large order for mining equipment from Eti Bakir in Turkey. The machines will be used to expand three underground copper mines while making the operations as productive and safe as possible. Eti Bakir, Turkey’s largest mining company, has ordered a variety of drill rigs, mine trucks and loaders. The equipment will be used at the Kastamonu Küre, Artvin Murgul and Siirt Madenköy mines. The equipment order is valued at approximately MSEK 140 and was… Read More Here
Volvo unveils world’s first fossil-free steel vehicle 5 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Volvo unveils world’s first fossil-free steel vehicle

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Volvo Group has unveiled the world’s first vehicle made of fossil-free steel from SSAB – made in Volvo Construction Equipment’s facility in Braås, Sweden, and announced that more vehicles will follow in 2022 in what will be a series of concept vehicles and components using fossil-free steel from SSAB.  The machine, a load carrier for use in mining and quarrying, was unveiled at a green steel collaboration event on October 13, in Gothenburg hosted by Melker Jernberg, President of Volvo CE, and Martin Lundstedt, President and CEO Volvo Group. “Our ambition is to have fossil-free steel… Read More Here
Metso Outotec to design and supply new crushing plant for Codelco 6 Mining Supply Tenders Mining technology 

Metso Outotec to design and supply new crushing plant for Codelco

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Metso Outotec has signed an agreement with Chilean mining operator Codelco to design and supply a Foresight semi-mobile primary gyratory (SMPG) crushing plant for the Radomiro Tomic mine. The company said the Foresight SMPG, equipped with a Superior MKIII 60-110 primary gyratory crusher, apron feeder discharge and dust collection, would meet the highest productivity and sustainability demands. It is part of the company’s in-pit crush and conveys solutions (IPCC) portfolio. The offering is designed to ensure the highest productivity, energy efficiency, and maintainability; according to the company, the equipment is… Read More Here
How Autonomous Systems are Transforming the Mining Industry 7 Mining technology Equipment & Technology 

How Autonomous Systems are Transforming the Mining Industry

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Even before COVID-19, many industries were facing significant labor shortages and the mining industry has been no exception. Mining tends to have difficulty attracting workers because it typically involves difficult and dangerous work. Mines are often located in remote areas, and it is common for miners to work away from home for a month or longer. Furthermore, miners work in hot temperatures and small spaces, and mine collapses can be deadly. In the United States, approximately 1,000 people die in mines every year, and some estimates have pegged the annual… Read More Here
Underground electric haulage comes full circle as Epiroc, ABB & Boliden announce battery trolley project at Kristineberg 8 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Underground electric haulage comes full circle as Epiroc, ABB & Boliden announce battery trolley project at Kristineberg

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There is a long underground trolley haul heritage in mining that really took shape at the Kiruna iron ore mine in Sweden in the 1950s after which the Kiruna Trucks are named, then continued at sites like Zinkgruvan, also in Sweden, and which can also be seen in the industry with the trolley trucks still operating at Vale’s Coleman and Creighton nickel mines in Canada. These were mainly 50 t class trucks. The Kiruna Trucks are electric trolley trucks – originally a DC design which was later converted to AC… Read More Here
Kibali continues to advance automated mining- DRC 9 Mining in DRC Equipment & Technology Gold Mining technology 

Kibali continues to advance automated mining- DRC

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The Kibali gold mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, remains on track to achieve its production guidance for the full-year and grow its mineral reserves net of depletion, securing its future as a Tier 1 operation for at least another ten years, Barrick president and CE Mark Bristow has said. Speaking at a tour of the complex for government, community and media representatives, Bristow said the company had continued investment in technological innovation, which was keeping Kibali at the forefront of developments in automated mining. Machine learning has been implemented at… Read More Here
Sandvik upgrades Toro TH320 and Toro TH330 trucks 10 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik upgrades Toro TH320 and Toro TH330 trucks

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Sweden-based equipment manufacturer and engineering group Sandvik has upgraded its Toro TH320 20t and Toro TH330 30t trucks to improve productivity and reduce the costs of ownership for its customers. The company noted that the trucks have a hardy structure, compact size and fit-for-purpose components, which makes them robust and reliable. In addition, they have been tailored to the challenging underground mining environment to meet productivity targets. Both of the upgraded trucks are designed for long engine lifetime underground, featuring a 235kW Tier 3 Volvo Penta engine with catalytic purifier… Read More Here

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