ABMEC (formerly the Association of British Mining Equipment Companies) has appointed Kevin Sabin as its new Vice President. Kevin replaces Dr Paul Freeman, who recently took over as the organisation’s President. ABMEC promotes mining excellence, and its members include OEMs, component suppliers, service providers and educational establishments. Kevin is Divisional …
Read More »Finlay Group extends its online presence to visitors
The Finlay Group has brought together all elements of its material handling business into a new innovative website, which captures the scope and scale of the company in a digital format. The new cutting-edge platform www.finlaygroup.com has been developed to showcase the company’s solutions and how they deliver performance, productivity …
Read More »The UK makes a bid for the Asteroid Mining Industry
The UK has always been a place of innovation and economic industry and this tradition caries to this day. But what about being a front runner for industry towards the future? With the decline of manufacturing in the UK with it’s main economy moving towards service industries will it ever …
Read More »Aggregate Industries digs deep to provide 100K tonne spec for ground-breaking Yorkshire mine development
Leading construction materials supplier, Aggregate Industries has proven its unrivalled credentials once again in its recent work at the ground-breaking Woodsmith Mine development in North Yorkshire. In November 2016, leading fertiliser producer, Sirius Minerals, announced plans to press ahead with a funding deal to start the construction of a massive …
Read More »Oilgear digs deep to support South African miners
Hydraulic company Oilgear will be showing its newly developed range of variable speed pumps at Electra Mining Africa 2016 in the Expo Centre Nasrec, Johannesburg from the 12th to the 16th September. Electra Mining is South Africa’s biggest mining, industrial, electrical and power generation exhibition. Neil English, from the Oilgear …
Read More »Terex Trucks odyssey to Myanmar
It was an epic ten-week journey, covering a staggering 13,000 thousand miles by road, river and sea – but 29 hard-wearing Terex Trucks have arrived at the jade mines of Myanmar to work on one of the most remote and challenging terrains to be found anywhere. Believed to be the …
Read More »Caterpillar announces officer retirement and further consolidation of divisions
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced the following changes: Steve Niehaus, currently vice president with responsibility for the Electric Power Division (EPD), is retiring. Following Niehaus’ retirement, the company will consolidate the Electric Power and Marine & Petroleum Power Divisions (MPPD) into the new Electric Power, Marine and O&G Division …
Read More »Sub-zero Siberia tests the mettle of Terex Trucks
Washington’s blizzard may have broken records, but conditions can plummet some 40°C lower at the Siberian coal mine where six Terex Trucks rigid haulers are working 24/7 to help keep Russia warm. This is no place for weaklings. With temperatures dropping below -50°C in the winter, the conditions at the …
Read More »Rail-Veyor® Material Handling System to be installed at Agnico Eagle’s Goldex Mine
Rail-Veyor® Technologies Global Inc. is proud to announce it signed a contract to install a Rail-Veyor system at Agnico Eagle Mines Limited’s (NYSE:AEM, TSX:AEM) (“Agnico Eagle”) Goldex Mine in Val-d’Or, Quebec, Canada. The 3 km underground material handling system will be installed during 2016 and is intended to be operational …
Read More »Terex Trucks provides rock-solid support at Zimbabwean quarries
Terex Trucks has supplied Davis Granite with its fourth rigid dump truck after its existing trucks proved their value, working at granite aggregate quarries in Bulawayo and Harare, Zimbabwe. Leading Zimbabwean granite aggregate producer Davis Granite has recently added a TR45 to its fleet of four Terex Trucks rigid haulers. …
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