Mining equipment news
Cat® inverter-equipped drives boost longwall face conveyor and plow performance
Mark Sprouls, on behalf of Caterpillar, demonstrates how variable frequency drive technology can enhance the performance of longwall plow systems.
East Mining Company acquires mobile dust controlling station for Shakhtersk marine terminal
The station can process approximately 250 m2 of coal in an hour, and can be operated remotely.
ABB launches gearless conveyor drive
The new drive is intended for use by medium power range motors.
A touch of safety
In World Coal’s November/December issue, Tim Wylie, Ampcontrol, highlights the importance of controlling touch potentials in earth fault limited networks.
Cat teams up with FTP Solutions to increase mine network performance
Caterpillar and FTP Solutions have developed a cooperative agreement to deliver proactive monitoring and management of mining technology applications.
Liebherr to unveil its autonomous haulage surface mining solution
Liebherr will unveil its new autonomous haulage solution this week at the Autonomous Industrial Vehicle Technology Symposium.
RCT’s Guidance Automation reaches milestone of five million operating hours
RCT making significant progress on its automation journey with its Guidance Automation reaching over five million operating hours.
Caterpillar to supply complete longwall system to Coal India subsidiary
Caterpillar will supply a complete Cat® longwall system to Bharat Coking Coal Ltd, a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, for the Moonidih metallurgical coal mine.
Freeport-McMoRan receives NMA’s CORESafety certification
Freeport-McMoRan is the sixth company to receive the National Mining Association’s CORESafety certification.
World’s first wireless electronic blasting system proves success in production trials
Orica reports successful production trials of the premium WebGen 100 wireless electronic blasting system.