Tag: MINExpo

Continental to showcase mining products, new services at MINExpo

NAM Staff

Continental will showcase several high-end technology solutions for the extraction of mineral resources, including new products, at MINExpo International Sept. 24-26 in Las Vegas. Continental’s premium mining solutions encompass conveying, monitoring, fluid and specialty mining hoses, suspension and power transmission. Attendees can visit Continental at booth 10045 to see the latest advancements in rubber technology for the mining industry. Discover…

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Hitachi, Wenco, Bradken, H.E. Parts to show at MINExpo

NAM Staff

At MINExpo International 2024 Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas and its esteemed partner and subsidiaries can be found at Booth 8649 in Central Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas will exhibit at MINExpo at the Las Vegas Convention Center. In a 25,500-sq.-ft. booth, the company will showcase some of its largest mining equipment and feature interactive…

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Heading Underground with J. H. Fletcher’s Ben Hardman

Donna Schmidt

If you work in coal, especially at one of the country’s many underground coal mines, the name Ben Hardman is likely a familiar one. In this issue’s executive Q&A, we talk to the VP about his industry history, the outlook for automation and his views on the coal industry. Edited by Donna Schmidt NAM: How did you get your start…

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Is Remanufacturing Mining’s Best-Kept Secret?

Donna Schmidt

Caterpillar, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Cat Reman Center in 2023, said that remanufacturing could be the ‘secret sauce’ that operations are seeking to keep total cost of ownership low and uptime high. As mines strive more and more for these goals, could this be a missing element of that journey?  By Donna Schmidt Remanufacturing is a…

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The beauty of partnerships

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…

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Cat’s far-reaching research, training hub: Tinaja Hills

Donna Schmidt

North American Mining recently took an exclusive look at Caterpillar’s Tinaja Hills and Tucson Proving Ground complex in southern Arizona, gaining some remarkable insight into the OEM’s research and development and training efforts By Donna Schmidt Just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, overlooking a beautiful yet vast swath of one of the most beautiful desert areas of the American Southwest,…

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Reflecting on the year

NAM Staff

Another year is coming to an end. It seemed to go quickly (just like everything feels like it does now after our collective experience that was 2020), but it was also very busy. It was not just an active year for commodity markets, for better and worse, it was also a surprisingly active year for mining industry events and was…

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Caterpillar to unveil new electric-drive LHD at MINExpo

NAM Staff

MINExpo 2021 attendees will get a first look at Caterpillar’s latest sustainable mobile equipment solutions: the R1700 XE LHD and MEC500 Mobile Equipment Charger. The new Cat LHD (Load Caterpillar) has a 16.5-ton payload and features a battery electric design that delivers superior productivity in underground applications with the benefits of no engine heat or exhaust emissions. An Autodig function…

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Strata inks distribution deal with Biomarine

NAM Staff

Strata Worldwide kicked off its time at MINExpo 2021 by confirming the growth of its partnership network, announcing it is now an official distributor of the Biomarine BioPak 240 closed-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). Strata’s distributorship comprises mining, tunneling and general industry applications in most of the U.S. as well as Canada and select Central and South American countries. Biomarine…

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