Komatsu’s Operator Guidance Monitor (OGM) is a tool designed to optimize the efficiency of your fleet of rigid dump trucks in mining and at quarry job sites, and to reduce unit production costs. Its easy-to-use, clear program allows a user to set Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets and adjust operating parameters, to let a site’s Komatsu trucks operate in the…
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The equipment maker is now the only OEM in North America that provides equipment for both longwall and continuous mining systems, bringing material from the operating face to the conveyor belt. NAM spoke with soft rock/AMNO sales and service vice president Dan Spears for how Komatsu’s history will build on the momentum of its future. Komatsu has a storied history…
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The world’s largest gold operation, Nevada Gold Mines (NGM), has just signed a massive multi-year deal with OEM Komatsu for the delivery of 62 new 930E-5 haul trucks for its Carlin complex and Cortez site, along with several support equipment items.
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Komatsu has acquired certain assets of Matfield Machining to support the growth of its national field service teams, which support mining operations at customer sites throughout the United States and Canada.
Read MoreKomatsu has contributed $250,000 toward the AED Foundation’s Vision 2025, a project aimed at helping to increase the number of qualified technicians entering the equipment distribution industry. “We recognize the imperative to build a talent pipeline for our distributors and the heavy equipment industry at large,” said Rod Bull, Komatsu executive vice president, North America Region. “Komatsu supports Vision 2025…
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Mines will never turn down a chance to achieve greater efficiency, and when it comes to equipment, the ways to go about that goal can be daunting – thus the impact and importance of a good supplier relationship. L&H Industrial recently proved that with a U.S. customer and its electric rope shovel undercarriages, leaving the operation with an efficiency boost…
Read MoreKomatsu and Toyota have launched a joint project to develop an autonomous light vehicle (ALV) that will operate with Komatsu’s autonomous haulage system (AHS). The companies, which have joined together to jointly create new technologies in an effort to provide miners with improvements that are safer and more productive, are currently testing a concept ALV at their proving grounds. They…
Read MoreKomatsu gathered members of the company’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Alliance in May at the Komatsu Arizona Proving Grounds (AZPG) complex outside Tucson, Ariz., to share progress and highlight knowledge gained since the EVX (battery-powered haul truck) was showcased at MINExpo 2021, while also learning more about progress toward zero-emissions goals. Alliance members at the event had the opportunity to directly…
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NAM recently visited Milwaukee, Wis., for an exclusive tour of Komatsu’s new South Harbor corporate campus near Lake Michigan. Check out more about the innovative features of the property, its commitment to sustainability and how it all will pave the path for the OEM’s future. By Donna Schmidt It is said that good things come to those who wait. With…
Read MoreKomatsu said it will be able to support its customers more efficiently with the opening of a new warehouse in Elko, Nev. The 50,000-square-foot space at its service center campus in Elko will offer an expansion to its local parts support for mining and construction customers in the Nevada region. The new building will include high-capacity racking as well as…
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