Shell establishes mining vehicle electrification consortium

Mining electrification has a new player – oil and gas company Shell – which has built an end-to-end mining electrification pilot with a consortium of several companies that will work together to fast-track off-road mining vehicle electrification. Shell announced October 12 its new nine-member consortium to create the pilot offering of electrification solutions for mining sites. Members also include Skeleton,…

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De Beers appoints Cook, Cleaver to be CEO, co-chairman

Anglo American’s De Beers will begin the new year with new leadership, as it has appointed Al Cook as its CEO and current CEO Bruce Cleaver to co-chairman of the company. The move, which will be effective in early 2023, comes as Cleaver opted to step back into a non-executive role after six years in his seat as CEO. Cook,…

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Weir, STM Minerals fast-tracking sustainability

Weir Group has established an alliance with Swiss Tower Mills Minerals (STM), under which the latter’s vertical stirred grinding mills will be marketed for coarse grinding applications globally. Weir said the partnership will integrate the vertical stirred grinding mills into Weir’s own minerals processing flow sheet, giving customers throughput improvements and energy efficiency, helping them to meet goals for productivity…

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Register today for SEMCO Publishing’s Weir Minerals webinar

In just one week, The ASIA Miner and North American Mining magazine, both part of the SEMCO Publishing line of titles, will host Weir Minerals Australia for a free educational webinar, “Mud Management with the Miltiflo Mudflo Pump.” The webinar, which should run for approximately one hour, will be held live on Thursday, October 13th at 9am (AEDT)/Wednesday, October 12th…

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Caterpillar milestone: 5 Bt autonomously hauled 

Just nine months after meeting its 4-billion-tonne (4.4-billion ton) goal, Caterpillar has confirmed it has now reached 5 billion tons (5.5 billion tons) of material hauled autonomously – a first in the mining industry to achieve such a milestone in less than a decade. The OEM said that its trucks equipped with Cat MineStar Command for hauling, with this goal…

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FLSmidth launches PerformanceIQ Services

With the ultimate goal of putting a holistic approach to mine optimization, FLSmidth chose Perumin 2022 to officially introduce its PerformanceIQ Services concept. PerformanceIQ Services, it said, has the ability to supercharge mine performance through a full-flowsheet approach to optimization based on equipment knowledge, process expertise and digital solutions. It focuses on brownfield mining operations to detect performance gaps and…

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SEMCO Publishing hosting Weir Minerals webinar

In just one month, The ASIA Miner and North American Mining magazine, both part of the SEMCO Publishing line of titles, will host Weir Minerals Australia for a free educational webinar, “Mud Management with the Miltiflo Mudflo Pump.” The webinar, which should run for approximately one hour, will be held live on Thursday, October 13th at 9am (AEDT)/Wednesday, October 12th…

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U.S. Tsubaki acquires ATRA-FLEX 

U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC has purchased ATR Sales Inc. based out of Santa Ana, Calif. ATR has been manufacturing and providing ATRA-FLEX premium flexible couplings to the power transmission industry for more than 36 years. ATRA-FLEX premium flexible couplings are made in the United States and provide customers with increased productivity and profitability by offering high-quality solutions for rotating equipment. ATR’s commitment…

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