by Crane Market | Mar 1, 2017 | Mining News
Caterpillar is developing autonomous mining truck technology for an expanded range of models, including other brands. At a recent Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling demonstration at the company’s facility in Arizona, Caterpillar announced a project to adapt hardware...
by Crane Market | Jan 31, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Mining News
Komatsu Ltd., the world’s No. 2 supplier of construction equipment, said industry-wide demand from miners fell 13 percent in the last quarter, signaling that the rebound in commodities prices is yet to feed through into better sales of the giant trucks and excavators...
by Crane Market | Jan 18, 2017 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Mining News
What is 30 stories tall, moves at a half a mile per hour and churns through 240,000 tons of rock every day? Bucket wheel excavators. The most famous of which being the Bagger 288, bucket wheel excavators make shorter work of mines than typical drill and blast mining....
by Crane Market | Jan 9, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News, Mining News
The decline in resource and energy investment and construction activity will be worse than originally thought, a leading government economist says. In his latest report, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Chief Economist Mark Cully says that only around...
by Crane Market | Dec 22, 2016 | Manufacturer News, Mining News
In a long standing tradition of collaboration between Moolarben Coal Operations (MCO) and Liebherr-Australia Pty. Ltd., the first R 996 B engine repower module was performed successfully this spring. In keeping with the six pillars that define Liebherr Mining, the...
by Crane Market | Dec 6, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News, Mining News
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — India’s Adani Enterprises Ltd. plans to begin construction work on Australia’s biggest coal mine in the middle of next year, an executive said Tuesday. Work would begin on the Carmichael coal project in Queensland state’s...