Komatsu has entered into an agreement to acquire German manufacturer GHH Group, which it said will expand its underground mining equipment offerings. Founded in the 1960s and currently part of the Schmidt Kranz Group, GHH offers a wide range of equipment focused on loaders and articulated dump trucks in the mid-seam mass mining, narrow vein and low-profile market segments. The…
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Building Mining Equipment Out of Lego Bricks
By Mark S. Kuhar Unveiling new machinery and equipment for the mining industry is never a simple task due to their enormous size, let alone with today’s travel restrictions around the world. Recognizing this, Finnish machinery manufacturer Sleipner Finland Oy decided to launch its latest DB-series model in a completely new and unprecedented way: Sleipner asked Jesse Pyykkönen, 18, and…
Read MoreHitachi Construction Machinery, Immersive Technologies extend partnership
Mining equipment simulator supplier Immersive Technologies has announced a consolidated long-term agreement for five years with Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. The exclusive partnership agreement, which combines technical license and partnership agreements that have been in place since 2007, enables the companies to collaborate in the development of simulator equipment solutions to meet mining industry demand and requirements. “With 20 years…
Read MoreEpiroc secures US$17 million Fresnillo order
Epiroc said it has won a large order from silver and gold producer Fresnillo for a variety of underground mining equipment and automation solutions to be used at five of its mines in Mexico.
Read MoreHitachi Construction Machinery kicks off new era
Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas (HCMA) has launched the next chapter for the company in North America and Latin America. On March 1, HCMA officially began leading the Hitachi brand’s construction and mining equipment sales and service support efforts.
Read MoreCEMCO appoints Jennifer Hise-Trujillo as president
CEMCO Inc., an industry leader in manufacturing portable and stationary VSI crushing systems, has appointed Jennifer Hise-Trujillo as its new president.
Read MoreEntech expands North American, Australian footprint with Corum collab
Entech is growing its business interests and has become the exclusive operational mining equipment distributor for the Corum Group in North America and Australia. Corum is a subsidiary of Ukrainian companies Dtek and SCM. “With a long list of customer references across their traditional markets in the European Union, eastern Europe and Russia, Corum’s partnership with Entech will now allow…
Read MoreEntech expands North American, Australian footprint with Corum collab
Pittsburgh, Pa.-headquartered Entech is growing its business interests and has become the exclusive operational mining equipment distributor for the Corum Group in North America and Australia.
Read MoreZero-emission equipment alliance unveiled
Zero-emission equipment is now firmly on the radar for the industry thanks to a brand-new effort by Komatsu, Rio Tinto, BHP, Codelco and Boliden to fast-track the effort. The founding members of the Komatsu Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Alliance will work collaboratively with the OEM to plan, develop, test and deploy the next generation of zero-emission mining equipment and infrastructure. The…
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