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  • BEUMER opens China manufacturing facility

    BEUMER opens China manufacturing facility

    Material handling supplier BEUMER Group has opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Taicang, China, marking a major expansion of the company’s presence in the country. A grand opening ceremony was held on December 10, a date which coincided with BEUMER China’s 20th anniversary and the BEUMER Group’s 90th anniversary globally. The company said the…

  • Caterpillar unveils AI-powered future

    Caterpillar Inc. unveiled a set of AI-powered and autonomous innovations that mark a major step forward for heavy industry, transforming machines into intelligent, connected systems that help customers build and power the world’s critical infrastructure. Caterpillar CEO Joe Creed took the CES keynote stage with Chief Digital Officer Ogi Redzic and Chief Technology Officer Jaime…

  • Hillgrove kicks off underground development

    Hillgrove kicks off underground development

    Larvotto Resources said that its retained partner, PYBAR Mining Services, has kicked off underground development at the Hillgrove antimony-gold project in New South Wales. Following the execution of a binding underground development contract, the developer said PYBAR has mobilised equipment and personnel to the site and commenced works. The program forms part of an approximately…

  • Fortescue, TISCO moving on green ironmaking tech trial

    Fortescue, TISCO moving on green ironmaking tech trial

    Fortescue and Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group (TISCO), a subsidiary of China Baowu, have signed a technology development agreement to explore new low-carbon metallurgical processes to help the steel industry accelerate its decarbonisation. Under the agreement, the companies will collaborate on an industrial trial of hydrogen-based plasma-enhanced iron and steel metallurgy. This emerging technology has…

  • Queclink develops satellite-enabled vehicle tracking

    Queclink develops satellite-enabled vehicle tracking

    Queclink Wireless Solutions, a global provider of IoT devices and hardware, has launched its first satellite-enabled vehicle tracker for applications that demand the highest levels of connectivity in remote and isolated locations.

  • Capricorn Metals obtains Yalgoo project in Tempest deal

    Capricorn Metals obtains Yalgoo project in Tempest deal

    Australian-based gold producer Capricorn Metals has entered into a binding agreement with exploration company Tempest Minerals to acquire the prospective Yalgoo project tenement package in a A$4.5 million cash and scrip deal.

  • Core resumes mining at Leer South, West Elk

    Core resumes mining at Leer South, West Elk

    Coal miner Core Natural Resources announced just before Christmas that it had restarted longwall operations at its Leer South metallurgical mine in Barbour County, W.Va., where the face had been idle for nearly a year.

  • VERIDAPT, FUELHUB announce international alliance 

    VERIDAPT, FUELHUB announce international alliance 

    Australian and American companies VERIDAPT and FUELHUB have formed a new global alliance to deliver digitally advanced fuel management and reconciliation solutions to the North American mining sector, as well as for rail, agriculture, and commercial transportation.

  • Hexagon, Montana Tech collab for underground testing

    Hexagon, Montana Tech collab for underground testing

    The mining division of Hexagon will soon be granted access to a real-world underground environment for technology testing, thanks to a new partnership inked with Montana Technological University.

  • Eldorado Gold orders Sandvik BEVs for Lamaque

    Eldorado Gold orders Sandvik BEVs for Lamaque

    Sandvik has received a large order for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), including trucks and loaders, from Canadian miner Eldorado Gold for its Lamaque gold mine in Val-d’Or, Québec.