Epiroc charges electrification offering

Epiroc announced in late November it extended its electrification solutions portfolio by adding a wide range of charging products for mining equipment. The products encompass several different models, fixed and mobile, to ensure that Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) have the flexibility to charge at any given time or place.  “We want to be a total solutions provider when it comes…

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Carlson Mining 2022 released

Carlson Software has unveiled its newest software, which focuses on transparency and mine design and planning control: Carlson Mining 2022. Officially unveiled this month, Carlson’s 2022 official release includes mining modules for Carlson Geology, Carlson Surface Mining and Carlson Underground Mining, all CAD-based software modules that enable modeling, analyzing and planning capability. Carlson noted that the new release also includes…

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Conveyor Components unveils belt rip detector

Conveyor Components of Michigan has introduced the Model DB belt rip detector to save mines downtime and unneeded costs. The mine- and quarry-duty detector operates on a cable-pull concept and its outputs can control up to four separate circuits – depending on the model chosen, as either SP/DT or DP/DT microswitches are available. “When a belt flap or tear, of…

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BAS unveils new widespread haul truck models

BAS Mining Trucks recently introduced its newest truck models, the 10×4 and 8×4 widespread tipper trucks, which both offer greater safety, higher payload and better overall cost-efficiency. The company said the new widespread models feature a 38-tonne tandem axle, which with the axles placed further apart now offers tandem axle strength. “This way, more space is created to mount bigger…

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Boart Longyear launches LM Deephole underground rig

Boart Longyear has targeted productivity with the release of its new LM Deephole underground drilling rig. The new rig will build off its already-popular LM110 and Nitro-Chuck platforms and features a new PQ drill head. As a unit, the new drill will provide the user a 50% increase in drilling depth for NQ size.  Product Manager Erik Gaugh said the…

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Solvay expands U.S. facility to meet global copper demand

Solvay confirmed expansion plans for its Mount Pleasant, Tenn., facility in December that will increase copper solvent extraction (SX) product capacity by about 20%. The company said the copper market is projected to surge over the next 10 years from a number of end-use industries, which has led to growing demand from mining operations for its ACORGA and ACORGA OPT…

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Metso Outotec sending grinding equipment to Las Truchas

Metso Outotec landed a €17 million order for key grinding equipment for ArcelorMittal’s Las Truchas iron ore processing facility in Mexico, which is currently undergoing a refurbishment. The 2.3-million-ton-per-year plant will be getting two new Premier grinding mills under the transaction, each with installed power of 19 megawatts, as well as an in-house designed Mill Reline Machine to permit the…

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Barrick picks Keener as North American COO

Barrick has appointed Christine Keener to serve as its chief operating officer for the company’s North American region. Her duties are effective in February. Keener, a veteran of finance, strategy, operational and commercial roles, previously served as vice president of Europe and North America for Alcoa. Prior to that, she was a certified public accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. “She has a…

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MAG Silver, Fresnillo continue work at Juanicipio

Fresnillo and MAG Silver said in a January 2022 operational update for the Juanicipio project in the Fresnillo silver trends in Mexico that the project’s commissioning progress remains on schedule despite obstacles with power as well as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The silver-lead-zinc-gold project, which is 56% owned by Fresnillo and 44% by MAG Silver, also has been at the…

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Potential Pennsylvania coal mine taking next forward step

Pennsylvania is taking the next step toward a potential surface mine in Cambria and Somerset counties with the convening of virtual public information events. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced in January that it was planning a virtual public information event regarding the proposed Rosebud Mining Mine 78 Surface Mine No. 3. “Rosebud applied for the new surface coal…

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