Industry News 2021

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is launching a new, higher-capacity 15-tonne size class loader as a next generation model for the current 14-tonne Sandvik LH514. The 15-tonne Toro™ LH515i has one tonne greater capacity than its predecessor, yet it is designed to operate within the same footprint. This new member of the Toro™ family has been redesigned from the ground ...

Buoyed by recent success, TAKRAF Group is ready to join MINExpo INTERNATIONAL 2021 eager to ask one question – what’s next for the global mining industry? Located at booth 349 in the North Hall, TAKRAF Group will host its engineering and service experts from across the continent, ready to engage with attendees regarding challenges faced by the modern mining sector, ...

TESCAN Announces UniTOM HR―The First Dynamic Micro-CT System to Deliver Sub-micron 3D Imaging for Static Studies and High Temporal Resolution for 4D Time-resolved Studies UniTOM HR is a single solution that provides insight to a sample’s internal structure as well as its behavior under environmental conditions over time Brno, Czech Republic, August 19, 2021―TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. announces the release ...

Climate change, environmental pollution, resource scarcity, global population growth: these are the defining issues of the 21st century. Approaching them by transitioning to a circular economy is one of the central challenges of our time. TOMRA, a global leader in sensor-based technologies with more than 50 years’ experience in diverse sectors such as the Food, Recycling and Mining industries, has ...

As a trusted partner of the mining industry, the Wirtgen Group offers mature and practical technologies for the mining and processing of raw materials. At Minexpo in Las Vegas (booth no. 8109, central hall), the Wirtgen Group will be presenting its field-tested 220 SM(i) 60-ton class surface miner for the first time on the North American continent (Figure 1). Wirtgen ...

Schrobenhausen, Germany – What started as an idea is now reality: At this year’s in-house exhibition with the slogan “BAU ERLEBEN,” BAUER Maschinen GmbH is presenting the new eBG – the first electric drilling rig manufactured by Bauer (Figure 1). The equipment relies on electrical power instead of a diesel engine, so it does not require any fossil fuels, and ...

One of the largest gold deposits in the world is located on the volcanic island of Niolam, the main island in the Lihir archipelago of Papua New Guinea. The mine was discovered in 1982 and the sought-after precious metal has been extracted in open-cast mines for nearly 25 years – now reaching a depth of up to roughly 300 m ...

Red Dog Mine, one of the world’s largest zinc mines, is located in the north-west of Alaska, around 170 km north of the Arctic Circle and nearly 1,000 km to the north-west of Anchorage. The mine has been operating since the late 1980s with around 10 % of the world’s zinc extracted here in open-cast mining. Its location in the Arctic ...

For an economical and sustainable operation, the Austrian plant Retznei of Lafarge Zementwerke GmbH relies on alternative fuels and raw materials to ignite the new calciner (Figure 1). In order to transport, store and dose the kiln-ready material efficiently, the manufacturer awarded BEUMER Group, Beckum/Germany to develop an individual single-source solution. The core of this system solution is a U-shape ...

Zijin-Continental Gold Sucursal Colombia is developing the Buriti-cá gold mine (Figure 1) in the northwest of Columbia, approximately 72 km from the city of Medellin. The area where the mine is located is mountainous and therefore logistically challenging. The reusable residues of the gold extraction process are used in an underground backfill, which is why they must be taken from ...