Many times, the activities of a key company can set a barometer for an entire region’s industry. MacLean’s Stuart Lister recently offered NAM a technology update, including its dynamic product development progress. The MacLean value proposition to the mining industry over the past 50 years has been its focus on mobile equipment innovations that deliver safety and productivity improvements in the underground…
Read MoreMining companies are increasingly looking to electrification to reduce carbon emissions. In underground mining, this switch offers several other additional benefits. But making the change at existing operations is not without its challenges. By Jonathan Rowland Electrification is nothing new in underground mining. Benefits include an improved work environment, with lower air emissions, heat, and noise, and thus reduced costs…
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MacLean has turned its focus even further to electrification, automation and digitalization, confirming its Application Intelligence technology campaign at the recent MINExpo 2021 event. The push includes updates on the MacLean battery electric product line as well as teleremote technology, telemetry and virtual reality training technology. “We have been doing fit-for-purpose mobile equipment manufacturing for the past 50 years, so…
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MacLean Engineering, which first introduced its “paradigm changer” Omnia Scissor Bolter to the industry three decades ago, is marking the anniversary by adding commemorative nameplates to all 900 Series bolters sold over the course of 2021.
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