Mining equipment news

The mining equipment market is expected to grow over the coming years owing to the rise in demand for remote monitoring and control technologies in mineral extraction processes.

Mark Sprouls, on behalf of Caterpillar, demonstrates how variable frequency drive technology can enhance the performance of longwall plow systems.

The station can process approximately 250 m2 of coal in an hour, and can be operated remotely.

The new drive is intended for use by medium power range motors.

In World Coal’s November/December issue, Tim Wylie, Ampcontrol, highlights the importance of controlling touch potentials in earth fault limited networks.

Caterpillar and FTP Solutions have developed a cooperative agreement to deliver proactive monitoring and management of mining technology applications.

Liebherr will unveil its new autonomous haulage solution this week at the Autonomous Industrial Vehicle Technology Symposium.

RCT making significant progress on its automation journey with its Guidance Automation reaching over five million operating hours.

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 is the sixth company to receive the National Mining Association’s CORESafety certification.