Komatsu - Mon October 10, 2022
Komatsu WX03-LHD Engineered for Demanding Underground Hard Rock Environments
Load-haul-dump (LHD) machines are a mainstay of any underground hard rock operation. Engineered for the most demanding mining environments, the Komatsu WX03 LHD is a 3.3 ton diesel-powered heavy-duty machine designed for especially small, narrow vein applications with limited maneuvering space....
Caterpillar - Thu September 22, 2022
Milestone: Caterpillar Surpasses 5.5B Tons of Material Autonomously Hauled
Roughly nine months after reaching the 4.4-billion-ton autonomously hauled milestone, trucks equipped with Cat MineStar Command for hauling have now moved more than 5.5 billion tons. Cat autonomous trucks are on pace to eclipse previous record totals of materials hauled in a calendar year, projected to be more than 1.57 billion tons in 2022....
Caterpillar - Mon September 19, 2022
Cat 789 Mining Truck Delivers Power, More Payload, Better Speed on Grade
The new Cat 789 Mining Truck builds on a legacy of proven performance to offer efficiency gains, the next generation of cab comfort and cutting-edge connectivity. Its design offers a weight advantage to haul more material every load and deliver a cost-per-ton advantage....
Colin Kund – Special to CEG - Thu September 08, 2022
H&K Acquires Two New Locomotives for Its Pa. Quarry Ops
In February 2022, H&K Group Inc. (H&K) took delivery of two new locomotives for its Birdsboro Quarry rail loadout operation. Located in Berks County, Pa., Birdsboro Quarry has a rich mining history dating back to the 1920s....
ALL Crane - Thu July 28, 2022
Crane That Helped Avert Mining Disaster 20 Years Ago
Twenty years ago, all eyes were on a farm in Somerset County, Pa., as a daring rescue took place for nine coal miners trapped 250 feet underground. On July 24, 2002, the miners had accidentally tapped into a poorly documented abandoned mine, flooding their own mine with water and blocking their exit....
Rock Machinery Co. - Tue July 12, 2022
Garrett Ashburn Joins Rock Machinery Co. as Territory Sales Manager
Rock Machinery Co. LLC, a distributor of processing equipment and parts for the mining, aggregate and recycle industries, announced its recent hire of Garrett Ashburn, who joins the company as a territory sales manager....
Caterpillar - Tue July 12, 2022
Cat MineStar Reporting Integrates MineStar, Other Vendor Data Into Single, Unified Interface
Every piece of mining equipment constantly generates critical operating and production data that is used by Cat MineStar products to enable miners to make better decisions. Historically, each MineStar capability — fleet, terrain, health and others — has different reporting tools for this captured data....
Komatsu - Mon July 11, 2022
Komatsu, Codelco Agree to Conduct Trial of New Mining Tunnel Boring Machine
Komatsu Ltd. , through its subsidiary Komatsu Cummins Chile Ltda., has agreed with Codelco, a major state-owned mining company in Chile, to collaborate on trialing a new tunnel excavation method using Komatsu's newly developed mining tunnel boring machine (TBM) starting in 2024 at Codelco's Chuquicamata Mine in Chile....
Caterpillar - Tue June 21, 2022
Cat Electric Rope Shovel Lower Works Design Enhancements Reduce Total Cost of Ownership, Improve Availability
Today's Cat 7495 and 7495 HF electric rope shovel (ERS) models feature multiple design enhancements to the lower structures that increase machine reliability and significantly lower overall total cost of ownership....
Komatsu - Wed June 15, 2022
Komatsu Announces Agreement to Acquire Mine Site Technologies
Komatsu Ltd. , through its wholly owned subsidiary in Australia, has agreed to acquire Mine Site Technologies Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia (MST Global), a provider of operational optimization platforms for underground mining that leverage communication devices and position tracking systems....
