Equipment producer Elphinstone recently released its new WR810 front-mounted cab at the 2023 Underground Operator’s Conference in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – a low-profile option to increase versatility for its existing range. All WR810 models can now be optioned with either a centre-mounted, 3-metre-high cabin or a low-profile, front-mounted 2.4-m-high cabin, unveiled for the first time in March at the event.…
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Chinese equipment producer XCMG Machinery has released three new mining machinery products: the XE690DK mining excavator, the XDR80TE-AT autonomous electric dump truck and XDE240 mining dump truck, a trio it said will better support global mining operations and infrastructure construction projects. The XE690DK mining excavator, one of XCMG’s best-selling models, has recently been launched in Indonesia. Equipped with an exceptional…
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Mine services installation and repair just got a little easier with the new release of the ML5 Multi-Lift elevated work platform by Collingwood, Canada-based MacLean. The boost to the equipment maker’s elevated work platform product suite is just the latest in the line of the MacLean 5 Series next-generation mining vehicles, and are now commercially available for mining customers globally.…
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Large Philippines mining operator Nickel Asia is reportedly eyeing the addition of two more producing mines in the coming three years, adding additional output to what is already the second-largest global nickel producing country. Full story.
Read MoreMetso Outotec said it has wound down its business with Russia and has now officially discontinued its business association in the country. Officials said 24 April it has not taken new orders from Russia since Russia’s attack on Ukraine in February 2022. “To speed up discontinuation of contracts made before the war, the company started negotiating with its non-sanctioned customers…
Read MoreCummins recently said it is ready to open the doors later this year on a US$10 million investment it has made into its engine manufacturing capabilities: its new high-horsepower engine rebuild facility in Krakow, Poland. The state-of-the-art center will be the company’s first such specialist rebuild facility in Europe and will permit it strategic support for its customers throughout the…
Read MoreThe National Mining Agency of Colombia (ANM) is providing details about a coal mine explosion and collapse incident that occurred 22 April at an operation in Cucunubá, Cundinamarca that had been ordered closed last year for unsafe conditions. While the agency did not indicate the specific mine, it did confirm that it recovered the seven killed during a period of…
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Patagonia Gold, owner of the Cap-Oeste operation in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina, said its gold room was the target of a robbery last week in which thieves took off with doré. Company officials said the incident occurred during the early morning of 17 April. About 500 ounces of gold equivalent (AuEq) were taken in doré, representing approximately one…
Read MoreHaver & Boecker Niagara has acquired partial ownership in Tandem Products Inc., a long-standing family-owned polyurethane producer of high-quality open cast screen media and liners for the mining, concrete, industrial and grain industries. Haver & Boecker Niagara’s parent company, Haver & Boecker OHG, is a fifth-generation family-owned business with deep roots in industries such as mining, minerals, aggregates, cement, construction…
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Epiroc announced that it has become the first in the mining industry to sign a delivery agreement with Swedish steelmaker SSAB for SSAB Zero – fossil carbon emission-free recycled steel produced using sustainable energy sources. The steel will be used in Epiroc’s battery-electric range of underground mine trucks and loaders, set to be introduced as soon as the third quarter…
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