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GroundHog launches Mobile Equipment  Maintenance Platform

August 12, 2024August 12, 2024 Francesca Peeples

GroundHog has introduced its state-of-the-art Mobile Equipment Maintenance Platform to streamline and enhance maintenance processes for mining companies and contractors to ensure increased efficiency, reduced downtime, and improved safety. Key features of the new platform include: Company CEO Satish Penmetsa said several customers in its beta testing program are already expanding to multiple sites. “While there are many computerized maintenance…

Epiroc opens surface mining center in Arizona

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 Francesca Peeples

Epiroc has opened the doors to its new Surface Mining Competency Center in Tucson, Ariz., which the OEM is calling a significant strategic advancement. The new Epiroc USA facility features a 28,000-square-foot rebuild center and is set to support regional surface customers via aftermarket support, training and specialized technical assistance as well. Services offered include a range stemming from machinery…

MSHA issues nearly 200 violations in March

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 Francesca Peeples

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) said it completed impact inspections at 14 mines in 11 states in March, issuing 199 violations and one safeguard. Of the March violations, 74 were evaluated as significant and substantial and four had an unwarrantable failure finding. The agency completed these inspections at mines in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,…

Motion acquires two Canadian companies

April 3, 2024July 30, 2024 Francesca Peeples

Motion Industries Inc. has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets of Perfetto Manufacturing and SER Hydraulics. The affiliated organizations are well-established, with Perfetto in business since 1986 and SER Hydraulics since 1978. Located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, each has grown to provide engineered solutions, service and equipment for hydraulic/pneumatic cylinders, complex power units and other assets…

Drum motors take a grizzly bitE for greater safety, efficiency

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Francesca Peeples

Van der Graaf will be the first to tell you that the typical drum motor design is nearing 40 years in use for powering conveyor belts across North America. But let NAM – and the VDG team – reintroduce you to this efficiency-saving, safer and more productive generation drum motor design. Edited by Donna Schmidt The conveyor drive versus the…

World Coal Association becomes FutureCoal

February 1, 2024February 1, 2024 Francesca Peeples

After more than 38 years, the World Coal Association (WCA) will cease use of its moniker, rebranding itself as FutureCoal – The Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal. The unveiling of the new name and logo was held in Delhi by group chief executive Michelle Manook, who said the new era is in response to a call from coal and coal…

GM, Komatsu partner on HYDROTEC fuel cells

February 1, 2024February 1, 2024 Francesca Peeples

General Motors and Komatsu will co-develop a hydrogen fuel cell power module for Komatsu’s 930E electric drive mining truck, the world’s best-selling ultra-class haul truck. GM and Komatsu will jointly design and validate the technology. Lightweight and quick to refuel, hydrogen fuel cells are ideal for electrifying applications traditionally powered by diesel engines. Hydrogen provides an effective method to package…

The beauty of partnerships

August 24, 2023August 24, 2023 Francesca Peeples

Take a poll of this industry and you’ll quickly find out that many of those in it love what they do. And in many cases, a significant portion of that is due to the industry itself and the people they work with. The mining community is a densely intertwined network of highly intelligent, motivated and hard-working individuals, and I’ve long…

Fatigue Science marks adoption milestone for Readi system

May 15, 2023May 16, 2023 Francesca Peeples

Canadian-based technology group Fatigue Science celebrated a milestone in its growth and the acceptance of its predictive fatigue management system in late March: its implementation at 20 major mine sites. The company said the system, which offers increased worker safety as well as improved productivity, can now be found at Newcrest, Minsur, Newmont, Marcobre and Thiess projects, all of which…

Revolutionizing mining with AI

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Francesca Peeples

Burgex Mining Consultants recently had a mining dialogue – with an interviewee that exists only in the depths of technology. What did ChatGPT share about its knowledge of mining and artificial intelligence’s role in transforming operations and even reclamation? By Stuart Burgess Today I virtually sat down with one of the leading artificial intelligence (AI) platforms trained specifically in language…