Category: Operating Strategies

It seems mining companies are always under pressure to cut costs and raise productivity. Not knowing future prices for their products, they need to extract each ton at the best possible cost. How can mining companies manage real...

Gunnar Zergiebel, head of Tenova TAKRAF’s Electrical & Control Systems group, sketched out the company’s strategy to advance Industry 4.0 concepts and benefits for its mining clients: In recent years, Industry 4.0 has...

A surface mine in BHP’s Queensland, Australia, coal-mining operations has succeeded in cutting by two-thirds the time needed to carry out regularly scheduled service for its 250-ton haulers. BHP’s Prospect blog reported that as...

Consider the past 50 years and all the ways people communicate. New technology, systems and methodologies have changed the course of history. However, one factor has remained the same and has been the overarching key to success...

Chinsay, a provider of contract digitalization solutions in the commodity and freight markets, recently announced completion of what it claims is the first fully digitalized iron ore trade, through a trial achieved in...

Operational excellence in the mining industry is of critical importance because everyone operates in a similar way. The mining company that has complete end-to-end visibility of its natural resource extraction and marketing...

By Andrew Attrill Maintenance shutdowns, in many respects, prove the rigor of a business’ management systems. While offline maintenance activities are generally planned, scheduled and executed as per business-as-usual...

Moving pumpable but difficult-to-handle, semiliquid materials such as paste, slurry and sludge can be an expensive, troublesome job — particularly when using equipment that’s not designed for reliability and flexibility. Here...

When it comes to heavy mining equipment, around-the-clock mission-critical operation and harsh conditions will inevitably cause damage and considerable wear to some common components. Some of these components pose particular...

Repairing and refurbishing large, high-value or hard-to-replace components is a key concern for the mining industry. According to a leading wear-protection service and technology company, localizing the application of engineered...

Bechtel has opened the Bechtel Mining & Metals Innovation Center in Santiago, Chile, to lead the development of new technologies that boost productivity, promote environmental sustainability and improve worker safety for the...

Australia-based guidance automation specialist RCT recently announced that underground mining equipment supplier Getman Corp. selected RCT to provide a mobile, teleremote control solution for a Getman A64HD water cannon ordered...