- 1. Caterpillar, Newmont hit automation milestone at Boddington
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- ... million tonnes (110 million tons) hauled. The milestone was achieved using Cat’s MineStar Command for hauling, with a fleet that includes 36 Cat 793F autonomous and four 793D staffed mining trucks. ...
- Created on 16 December 2022
- 2. Tombola turns on gold processing, eyeing first pour
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- ... in October. Late that month, it commenced initial hauling of ore to the site. An additional fleet of haulage trucks commenced operations as scheduled this month to ramp up and increase ore haulage. Source: ...
- Created on 13 December 2022
- 3. GRT launches dust control system for autonomous mining
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- Australian dust control company Global Road Technology (GRT) is launching a first-ever for mining: a dust control system specifically designed to support autonomous vehicles and equipment. GRT: Haul-Loc ...
- Created on 11 May 2022
- 4. Caterpillar autonomously hauls more than 1 billion tonnes with Cat Command
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- For the first time in mining history, trucks equipped with Cat MineStar Command for hauling have autonomously moved more than 1 billion tonnes of material in less than a year. Roughly 1.2 billion tonnes ...
- Created on 12 April 2022
- 5. THE HYDROGEN OPPORTUNITY
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- ... to the facility. Another fast follower could be those industries in long distance hauling, such as supermarket chains, or Toll and Linfox, who will use hydrogen as a replacement fuel to travel 800 km on ...
- Created on 02 April 2022
- 6. DIGGING DEEPER
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- Whether it is loading or hauling, optimising production through smart equipment choices and top technology can make a real difference. By Mark S. Kuhar Surface excavation and hauling are where ...
- Created on 02 April 2022
- 7. Wabtec takes Rio Tinto order for battery locos
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- ... in mainline service. For the latter, the miner now uses three diesel-electric locomotives in a consist to pull trains with 240 cars hauling about 28,000 tons of iron ore. “The FLXdrives will transition ...
- Created on 12 January 2022
- 8. IMPROVING MINING SAFETY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
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- ... operation produced 103,289 ounces of gold and 730,344 ounces of silver in doré. MACHINES AND SUPPORT The loading and hauling operations at Phu Kham and Ban Houayxai consist of face shovels ...
- Created on 27 December 2021
- 9. MOVING MATERIAL
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- Loading and Hauling at the Weda Bay Nickel Project in Indonesia. Edited by Mark S. Kuhar At the Weda Bay Nickel Project in Central Halmahera, Indonesia, a fleet of Volvo articulated ...
- Created on 30 September 2021
- 10. Immersive, Rio drive autonomous training together
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- ... has placed its simulators at the operation ahead of the mine’s plans to operate autonomous trucks with Cat MineStar Command for Hauling. Gudai-Darri’s goal is to proactively address development challenges ...
- Created on 30 June 2021
- 11. Glencore goes with Wagners for Glencore ops
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- ... were released, but Wagners will be overseeing the load and hauling of up to 28 million tonnes of material from the George Fisher mine and Lady Loretta operation along with the Mount Isa processing facility ...
- Created on 27 June 2021
- 12. Caterpillar meets autonomous milestone
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- OEM Caterpillar has met a significant milestone on its autonomous journey: three billion tonnes hauled autonomously using the Cat Command system for hauling trucks. Jim Hawkins, director of Cat MineStar ...
- Created on 25 June 2021
- 13. Glencore goes with Wagners for Mount Isa Mines haulage
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- ... were released, but Wagners will be overseeing the load and hauling of up to 28 million tonnes of material from the George Fisher mine and Lady Loretta operation along with the Mount Isa processing facility ...
- Created on 13 May 2021
- 14. Caterpillar meets autonomous milestone
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- OEM Caterpillar has met a significant milestone on its autonomous journey: 3 billion tonnes hauled autonomously using the Cat Command system for hauling trucks. Jim Hawkins, director of Cat MineStar ...
- Created on 13 May 2021
- 15. Tomorrow’s Technology
- (Features)
- ... allow for automation and remote or autonomous operation of drilling and blasting, loading and hauling by trucks and trains. It will also allow mines to connect all the digital aspects of their operations ...
- Created on 15 April 2021
- 16. Komatsu starts up new hard rock LHDs
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- Komatsu has introduced an all-new 7-tonne LHD and redesigned 4-tonne LHD, each developed for productivity and longevity at hard rock mines worldwide. WX07 LHD The models were released to the ...
- Created on 26 November 2020
- 17. Rajant, Hitachi deploy autonomous hauling system in Australian mine
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- Rajant Corp., the provider of Kinetic Mesh wireless networks, and Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia are improving operational safety and productivity through the use of autonomous haulage systems ...
- Created on 14 May 2020
- 18. Sandvik launches LS312 flameproof underground loader
- (Product News)
- ... detachment system (QDS) provides a safe and efficient solution to meet the challenges of underground coal loading and hauling applications and reduces personnel exposure to harmful diesel emissions through ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 19. Ausmex, ActivEX form alliance to acquire Cloncurry Gold Ore Processing facilities
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- ... Ausmex holds 12 granted mining leases within the Cloncurry region with nine of these mining leases with a combined area of over 200 hectares, all within hauling distance to third-party ore processing facilities. ...
- Created on 07 May 2020
- 20. Cat® autonomous mining trucks hit one billion tonne milestone
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- Cat® mining trucks working within MineStar™ Command for hauling, recently reached a milestone of one billion tonnes hauled. Caterpillar deployed the first six commercial autonomous trucks in 2013, ...
- Created on 22 November 2018