by admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Mining News
SANTIAGO — Chile’s state-run mining company Codelco says that operations at its El Teniente copper mine will be suspended for six days due to torrential rains over the weekend that caused heavy flooding. The world’s top copper producer says it expects to...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Machinery News, Mining News
EAST PEORIA — A distance of 1,500 miles was no impediment for East Peoria Community High School students operating a Caterpillar Inc. bulldozer. The teens took turns Thursday experimenting with moving a D11T around a proving ground in Tucson, Ariz., as remote...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Energy News, Mining News
hey’d be easy to miss in the inventory list for the upcoming Ritchie Brothers’ equipment auction in Edmonton — which is heavy on heavy equipment (thousands of trucks, trailers, hydraulic excavators) — but the two items are definitely odd. Each consists of...
by admin | Apr 17, 2016 | Heavy Machinery News, Manufacturer News, Mining News
The commodities supercycle may be over, and mining still in the dumps, but that didn’t stop half a million visitors from flooding the sprawling grounds of the Bauma 2016 trade fair last week. As the six-day trade show, the largest in the world, came to a close...
by admin | Apr 16, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News, Heavy Machinery News, Mining News
In today’s ever-changing and volatile market, manufacturers seek a single version of the truth that will help them make the right decisions for improving profitability, while at the same time mitigating risk as much as possible. They wish to grow their profits and...
by admin | Apr 15, 2016 | Heavy Machinery News, Mining News
Despite the weaker oil price, the mining industry is always on the hunt for efficiency measures and way to drive down costs. One of the major ways to decrease energy costs and machinery downtime is to have a solid operational plan in place. Total, one of the world’s...
