ABB has signed an agreement to purchase Siemens’ low voltage NEMA motor business. With manufacturing operations in Guadalajara, Mexico, this acquisition provides a well-regarded product portfolio, a longstanding North American customer base, and an experienced operations, sales and management team. Read full article.
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Copper Mountain Mining, along with partners SMS Equipment, Komatsu, ABB, Clean BC and B.C. Hydro, has commissioned a trolley assist project at its namesake mine in southern British Columbia that will help it achieve its carbon intensity reduction goals. Read full article from North American Mining.
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ABB confirmed it has signed a long-term service agreement (LTSA) with Atalaya Mining’s SAG mill availability and performance optimization project at Project Riotinto in Andalucia, southwest Spain. The company has combined its gearless mill drive (GMD) with ongoing lifecycle management support and a digital condition monitoring solution under the newly inked deal. Project Riotinto, which produces copper concentrates and silver…
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With a mutual mission to advance the Kristineberg mine in Sweden, owner Boliden has entered a joint venture with ABB and Epiroc to jointly develop an electric trolley-truck system to edge it toward fossil-free production. ABB officials said it will provide the electrical infrastructure design that draws on its Ability eMine electrification and digital portfolio, and the system will also…
Read MoreGold Fields has entered an order with ABB to bring a power and automation system to its remote Salares Norte project in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The scope of the work includes six electrical rooms and an integrated digital system based on ABB’s Ability 800xA distributed control system (DCS) and will serve to help the mine’s location and…
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