Komatsu announced it is accelerating the development of smaller drills for surface mining applications.
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Identifying New Paths To Cost Savings With Connected Mining Sites
According to Ernst & Young, mining companies must focus on successfully adopting and integrating technology to solve urgent business problems – increased productivity and margins. To do this, organizations must create a truly connected mine site, where every asset, driver and operator creates easily accessible data.
Read MoreMissouri Mining Engineering Student Wins Scholarship
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) student Tyler Collier of St. Ann, Mo., received a $5,000 stipend for his scholastic achievement, industry-related work history, career goals and recommendations. Currently a senior in the mining engineering department, Collier has spent previous summers working for Unimin Corp., Mississippi Lime Co. and has plans to intern with Lehigh Hanson this upcoming…
Read MoreMDU Resources Group Inc. Acquires Teevin & Fischer
MDU Resources Group Inc. has acquired the operations of Teevin & Fischer Quarry LLC, a leading aggregate producer on the north Oregon coast.
Read MoreEpiroc Now Offers Chicago Pneumatic Excavator Attachments
Epiroc announced that Chicago Pneumatic hydraulic excavator attachments have joined its product lineup as part of the planned Epiroc split with Atlas Copco. The Epiroc RX breakers, RC compactors and CG contractor grapples will feature the same high performance and outstanding reliability as before, with enhanced support from Epiroc’s dedicated hydraulic attachments organization. The former Chicago Pneumatic hydraulic attachments that…
Read MoreMarch Construction Starts Advance 11 Percent
New construction starts in March increased 11 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $785.2 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The substantial gain followed modest declines in January (down 2 percent) and February (down 3 percent), and brings the pace of total construction starts to the highest level over the past six months.
Read MoreKimball Equipment Expands Cedarapids Territory
Kimball Equipment expanded its territory for Cedarapids (a Terex Brand) in California and is now the authorized dealer for the counties south of Del Norte, Siskiyou and Modoc counties and north of Kern County. Through the partnership, Kimball will offer the Cedarapids line of crushing and screening products within its new equipment and rental fleets. “We are very pleased to enter this…
Read MoreCemex Earns Six Arizona Rock Products Association Safety Awards
Cemex in Arizona recently received six 2017 Safety Awards from the Arizona Rock Products Association (ARPA) in recognition of safety practices at ready-mixed and aggregates operations across the state, including recognition for David Carter, Cemex’s safety manager for Country Arizona, as 2017 ARPA Safety Professional of the Year.
Read MoreTruck Driver Killed at Texas Operation
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on April 12, a 60-year-old customer truck driver was killed at Rye Dredge and Plant, Liberty County, Texas, when he fell from, and was run over by, his truck while scanning into the operator’s check-in system. The victim was found underneath the belly dump of the semi-trailer, and the truck was still…
Read MorePhoenix, Weir Formalize Partnership
Phoenix Process Equipment Co. and Weir Slurry Group Inc. entered into a formalized partnership for the supply of process systems to the frac sand industry.
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