Haver & Boecker has introduced the Amicus Depal Edition and Pal Edition robotic depalletizer and palletizer, which both can complement and completely automate packing lines from empty to full bags to enhance productivity and safety. The Amicus Depal utilizes image recognition, which allows the Depal to detect bag bundles quickly and effectively, then securely grip them using the unique End…
Read MoreUnion Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. announced an agreement to merge and create America’s first transcontinental railroad. The deal will connect more than 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West Coast, linking approximately 100 ports and nearly every corner of North America. “This combination will transform the U.S. supply chain, unleash the industrial…
Read MoreVDG (Van der Graaf), a leading manufacturer of drum motors for belt conveyor applications, appointed Mike Clark to the team as a heavy industry sales representative for the Southeastern United States. Clark brings more than 20 years of technical sales experience across multiple industries, including power transmission, precision 3D measurement and imaging instruments, metrology and industrial machinery. He holds a Bachelor…
Read MoreHexagon has launched its Operator Alertness System (OAS) 7.5, a significant advancement in mining safety technology that sets a new global benchmark. It integrates with Hexagon’s Collision Avoidance System (CAS 10) to deliver valuable insights into vehicle interactions and operator behavior. A successful field deployment of OAS 7.5 at Whitehaven Coal’s operations in Australia demonstrated the robustness and efficiency of…
Read MoreMomentum is building for the 2025 Training Resources Applied to Mining (TRAM) conference, this Nov. 4-6 at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver, W.Va. Every year at the conference, MSHA holds the Training Materials Competition. There’s still time to submit your original training materials to the 2025 TRAM Training Materials Competition. The entry deadline is Monday, Sept.…
Read MoreOrla Mining reported that on July 23, an uncontrolled material movement event occurred on the temporary north wall within the open pit at its Camino Rojo oxide mine in Zacatecas, Mexico. While there were no injuries or any damage to equipment or the environment reported, open pit mining operations are temporarily suspended while the miner conducts necessary geotechnical assessments to…
Read MoreGlobal miner Newmont said three Hy-Tech Drilling workers were safely brought to the surface following two fall of ground incidents that occurred in the access way to the underground work area of a Red Chris mine project in British Columbia, Canada, on July 22. “We are relieved to share that all three individuals are safe, and in good health and…
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VDG (Van der Graaf ), a leading manufacturer of drum motors for belt conveyor applications, has appointed Mike Clark to the team as a heavy industry sales representative for the Southeastern United States.
Read MoreColorado-based Rare Element Resources has provided an update on the development progression of its rare earth processing and separation demonstration plant in Upton, Wyo., after it started a thorough review of the as-built plant in April. The miner said the review has been steadily progressing and has resulted in several areas of improvement being identified requiring rework, and in some…
Read MoreBurgundy Diamond Mines has decided to temporarily suspend open pit mining at its Point Lake operation, one of two active sites at its Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The miner said the operation had become “sub-economic” due to a weak diamond market. The decision has led to the layoffs of hundreds of employees and contractors, as…
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