Paul Moore

Earlier this month, Northern Star Resources took delivery of its first ultra-class Liebherr excavator, a 600 t R 9600, at the Super Pit in Western Australia. The new machine joins 17 Liebherr machines already operating across Northern Star Resources’ operations. A second R 9600 is expected at the Super Pit in October. Northern Star Resources’

Iridium Communications Inc, a leading provider of global voice, data, aircraft surveillance, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, has announced a strategic partnership with SKYWAVE, a global leader in industrial IoT connectivity, devices and enablement solutions for mission-critical assets, to help heavy equipment manufacturers build and scale more resilient connected equipment services across

Compañía Minera Lomas Bayas has implemented a proximity detection system capable of autonomously stopping its tyre handler when a person enters a danger zone. The manipulator enables the transport, installation, removal, and stockpiling of large tyres. These tasks require personnel to be present on-site, working in confined spaces and in close proximity to heavy-tonnage components.

MAXAM Tire, a global leader in specialty tire manufacturing, is expanding its MS501 MineXtra lineup with the introduction of the new 50/65R51 size. Designed for large wheel loaders operating in demanding mining environments, the new addition extends the MS501 family to support customers requiring exceptional durability in severe L5 applications. Engineered for the industry’s toughest

SK Godelius, a subsidiary of the Sigdo Koppers Group, has formed a strategic partnership with Australian market growth firm A.I. LAMB to introduce its field-proven conveyor intelligence solution to the Australian mining sector. This expansion follows a comprehensive assessment of the Australian market conducted in collaboration with A.I. LAMB, aligning with SK Godelius’s broader international

In the latest of its Expert Q&A series, Weir Global Product Manager – Pumps Asad Mohammed talks about trends in centrifugal slurry pump selection: “We’re increasingly seeing rubber-lined pumps outperform metal-lined pumps across a range of applications, but particularly when the slurry contains a lot of fine particles.” He adds: “The rubber liners are not

Namibia’s mining industry continues to attract investment across uranium, gold, copper and other critical minerals, positioning the sector for another period of growth. AECI Mining in a recent article argues, however, that as mining operations expand, success will increasingly be measured not only by production output but by how efficiently natural resources are managed. The

One of the factors behind EACON’s success with its ORCASTRA autonomous haulage technology in the Chinese market is its flexibility in working with a wide range of mine types, truck OEMs and even energy types – while traditionally the majority of its projects have involved OEMs like Tonly Heavy Industries, LGMG, Yutong and XCMG –

A groundbreaking ceremony and battery wide body mining truck delivery ceremony at a large open-pit coal mine project in Xinjiang Province was recently held. Lovol Heavy Industry, a subsidiary of Shandong Heavy Industry and controlled by Weichai, delivered a fleet of LT130i 90 t class battery electric and autonomous mining trucks, it says helping open-pit

Predictive and generative AI are already making a major impact in mining, especially in areas like mineral processing – where it is possible to not just forecast maintenance related issues based on learning from past data, but also to optimise processes based on changing ore feed in real time, revolutionising short interval control. In autonomous