When operating track type tractors, around 50% of the total cost associated with owning and operating for the life the tractor, is in its undercarriage. With a fleet made up of over 350 machines, the...
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A multinational mining company is pouring more money into one of its Bowen Basin coal operations. Anglo American recently injected US$323 million (A$449.9M) into prolonging its Aquila Coal Project...
A large volume of Australian coal has been released from Chinese ports. Fengkuang Coal Logistics (FCL) confirmed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently freed 5.6 million tonnes of coking coal...
Multiple resources companies will add battery power to their rail networks. BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group recently bought new battery-electric locomotives for their operations in Western...
A mining services company has won a tender at a coal operation in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. EPSA Pacific recently secured the open-cut mining services agreement (MSA) for Stanmore...
In a new year of recovery and growth, now is the time to fit out fleets and work trucks with the latest safety equipment, just in time for the spring and summer surge. ECCO has introduced a powerful...
Caterpillar and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement for retrofitting 19 Cat® 793F mining trucks for autonomous operation at the Marandoo iron ore mine in Western Australia. Caterpillar will also...
A ground-breaking innovation designed by Queensland company Proof Engineers to monitor haul road conditions has been demonstrated by researchers to have the potential to revolutionise the mining...
Australia’s largest rail freight network operator, the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), has selected GE Transportation’s (NYSE:GE) Movement Planner solution as the key technology...
Plans for the World’s first extra-large tyre recycling plant are finalised The details of the world’s first extra-large tyre recycling plant have now been finalised with the facility expected to open...
Driving is one of the most dangerous things we all do on a regular basis and it has been identified by mining companies as a considerable risk – with many companies indicating it is the number one...
A BHP Billiton iron ore train derailed south of Port Hedland in Western Australia’s Pilbara region yesterday. The company said a number of ore cars derailed from the Pilbara rail line, about...
