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Metso extends digital portfolio with CathodeSense+

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Metso is launching CathodeSense+ for fast and accurate quality analysis for high-capacity throughput, ensuring reliable results for all cathode stripping machines.  Developed for high-speed cathode stripping machines, Metso CathodeSense+ is a reliable free-standing system for the detection of nodules. Thanks to its advanced features, CathodeSense+ provides a full high-resolution 3D-scan, thus enabling higher cathode quality control.  “The new CathodeSense+ is…

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Dräger’s new OXY SR Cap III offers underground escape

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Dräger has unveiled its OXY SR Cap III respiratory protective device engineered for emergency escape in the most extreme underground and confined space environments, which touts a 10-year service life and nearly zero maintenance. The waist-worn self-rescuer, operated independent of the ambient air, can be used in mining, tunneling, industrial facilities, railways, or subways. It has the capacity to deliver…

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JCB marks one millionth engine

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JCB has marked a major manufacturing milestone with the production of its one millionth engine. Production started in 2004 at JCB Power Systems in Foston, Derbyshire, England, and expanded to JCB India in 2010 with the opening of a dedicated plant in Ballabgarh, Delhi. From three engines a day 20 years ago, JCB now produces around 500 a day, becoming a…

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Fortescue destroyed 100-plus heritage sites: report

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An expert report by archeologists working for Fortescue Metals and the Yindjibarndi people found that more than a hundred heritage sites have been destroyed in Western Australia despite being protected under the State Aboriginal Heritage Act, reported the Australian Associated Press. The joint report was produced by Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation’s archaeologists Peter Veth and Caroline Bird, and Fortescue’s expert…

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Orica introduces AXIS Connect

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Orica Digital Solutions has launched its AXIS Connect system, an open, secure and integrated platform that can connect drillers’ measurements with geologists in need of simple, reliable and efficient data. AXIS Connect can serve as a source for directional survey data, fostering confidence between drillers and geologists by delivering reliable data precisely when needed. The software simplifies drilling operations, minimizing…

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Atlantic Lithium granted operating permit for Ewoyaa

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Australian-based and African-focused miner Atlantic Lithium, which has been targeting the delivery of Ghana’s first lithium mine, has received the asset’s mine operating permit. Company officials said the Minerals Commission of Ghana issued the permit for the flagship Ewoyaa lithium project; the MOP is the final regulatory approval required in order to commence construction. The project is comprised of the…

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