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Smart Mining: The Benefits of Developing Digital Mines 1 Mining technology 

Smart Mining: The Benefits of Developing Digital Mines

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Smart Mining: An Innovative Approach to the Issues Facing the Mining Industry Industry 4.0 is fast becoming a global reality. This has led to an increasing focus across the mining industry on innovative approaches to solving several key issues it faces today. Chief amongst these approaches is the development of the connected, data-driven, and automated “smart mining” model. Mining companies have prioritized technology investments, building their data and intelligence capabilities, and integrating equipment, software, and human operators. The smart mine takes advantage of several innovative technologies, including the Internet of… Read More Here
Tharisa + Liebherr: New partnership to reduce carbon emissions 2 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Tharisa + Liebherr: New partnership to reduce carbon emissions

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Tharisa, the PGM and chrome co-producer listed on the JSE and LSE, has received on site and already begun operational testing of three Liebherr mining machines with more efficient engines and fuel systems. The partnership is part of Tharisa’s ESG initiative to reduce its carbon footprint. The two T 236 mining trucks with a capacity of 100 metric tonnes and one 72 t PR 776 dozer, both of which use the latest generation diesel engine technology with the T 236s using Cummins QST 30 engines and the PR 776 utilising… Read More Here
Doosan releases 'smart' excavator 3 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Doosan releases ‘smart’ excavator

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South Korean industrial equipment maker Doosan has launched a “smart” crawler excavator called the DX225LC-7X that has new features such as Full Electric Hydraulic (FEH) technology.   Doosan said the DX225LC-7X’s FEH technology is a VBO system without pilot pressure lines. Joysticks and pedals are fully electric, but give the operator the same feeling as hydraulic joysticks. Oher standard features of the DX225LC-7X include integrated 2D Machine Guidance and Semi-Automatic 2D Machine Control. The integrated machine guidance system on the DX225LC-7X uses sensors mounted on the front and body to recognize… Read More Here
Sensors and Detectors 4 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sensors and Detectors

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Modern mining is adopting advanced sensor-based technologies to enhance operational safety and efficiency and optimise mine productivity. Sensors are used in each step of the mining operation, from mine exploration, surveying, and underground mapping, to ore extraction, sorting, and mineral processing. Mine operators also rely on sensors and detection equipment to monitor the condition of mining infrastructure, the environment and equipment, as well as avoid downtimes and operational hazards. Sensor-based technologies are indispensable in remote and automated mining applications. Finding suppliers of sensor-based detection and monitoring systems for mining Mining… Read More Here
Sandvik adds 30-tonne TH430 to Toro range 5 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik adds 30-tonne TH430 to Toro range

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Swedish OEM Sandvik is upgrading its 30 tonne TH430 dump truck with the newer engine technology and adding the TH430 to the Toro range. Sandvik said the upgraded Toro TH430 truck has two engine configuration options: Stage V and Tier II / EU Stage II, both from Volvo Penta. Stage II has an output of 310 kW and Stage V has an output of 315 kW. This “makes the Toro TH430 truck the most powerful underground truck in its size class”, said the firm. The newly introduced engine option, the 13-liter… Read More Here
Metso Outotec secures €100m Uzbek order 6 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Metso Outotec secures €100m Uzbek order

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Metso Outotec has been awarded a €100 million order from Uzbekistan’s Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Company. The Finnish company will provide equipment to Almalyk’s MOF3 copper-gold-molybdenum concentrator complex in Almalyk, in the Tashkent region of the country. The concentrator will have a planned capacity of 60 million tonnes per annum. The concentrator is located next to the Yoshlik-1 deposit. Metso Outotec will provide basic engineering, manufacturing, and supply of the Higmill regrinding mills, TankCell flotation equipment and high-rate thickeners, as well as FrothSense+ froth cameras. The company will also provide… Read More Here
Sandvik looks to an open, interoperable and automation-ready future 7 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Sandvik looks to an open, interoperable and automation-ready future

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To fully step into Industry 4.0 and realise the transformative power of solutions such as automation, artificial intelligence and advanced analytics requires a change in the way that mining data is handled and utilised from one system to the next, according to the Sandvik Rotary Drilling Division (part of Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions). Programs that are designed to fully integrate with those from other vendors will not only deliver efficiency and cost benefits today, but also help mining houses transition into powerhouses of the future, it says. As mining… Read More Here
Epiroc completes acquisition of JTMEC 8 Equipment & Technology International Mining technology 

Epiroc completes acquisition of JTMEC

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Swedish mining equipment maker Epiroc has completed the acquisition of JTMEC, an Australian company that specializes in providing mines with electrical infrastructure.  JTMEC, based in Perth, Australia, is an electrification infrastructure solutions provider for both underground and surface mines. The company’s offerings include high voltage installation and maintenance work, transformer servicing and testing, engineering design, feasibility studies, and training. It also manufactures electrical products including substations and mine chargers. JTMEC has 190 employees and had revenues in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, of about A$34 million (US$24 million). Epiroc… Read More Here
Improving Efficiency Underground: Seven Top Areas to Evaluate 9 Mining technology 

Improving Efficiency Underground: Seven Top Areas to Evaluate

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Underground hard rock mines present some of the most challenging conditions for mining operations. Despite these challenges, underground miners are always on the lookout for ways to improve loading and haulage performance to lower cost per ton. There are seven top areas to evaluate when looking to improve underground hard rock operations: Machine / system sizing and selection. Is the loader matched to the truck? Is the LHD the right size for the job? Material density for body and bucket selection. If material is heavy and hard to get through, a smaller… Read More Here
Metso Outotec, Malvern work on ore sorting 10 Equipment & Technology Mining technology 

Metso Outotec, Malvern work on ore sorting

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Finnish company Metso Outotec and UK-based Malvern Panalytical have signed a deal to collaborate in the provision of sensor-based ore sorting products. Both companies have expertise in crushing and bulk material handling. The collaboration will result in “substantially” improved head grade through preconcentration, Metso Outotec said. “Collaboration with partners like Malvern Panalytical will allow us to meet the industry’s increasing sustainability and resource efficiency needs in an enhanced way in the early communition stage,” Metso Outotec VP of Digital Technologies Rashmi Kasat said. “Sensor-based bulk ore sorting and data-driven analysis… Read More Here

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