Aureus International is putting the spotlight on its low profile, reinforced Eternity underground mining tyres on Stand H1188 during AIMEX at Sydney Olympic Park, September 6-9. The tyres are designed to reduce equipment height without reducing the load carried. “They have been designed by American engineers and offer great operational benefits,” the General Manager of Aureus International Gautam Roy said. “In underground mines, one of the challenges that equipment-design engineers face is the increasing need to reduce the height of the equipment without compromising the expected capabilities and safety standards.

Sandvik says “the purpose of the new strategy is to achieve worldclass performance in value creation through higher growth and profitability and thereby make Sandvik an even more attractive company for customers, employees and shareholders. The new strategy is focused on increasing profitability, strengthening position in attractive markets and segments and a more active portfolio management.

Krummenauer will feature its Globoid shearer drum and EB-water spray system, said to set new standards in efficiency, durability, safety and dust reduction in underground longwall mines, on Stand SG27 during AIMEX in Sydney, September 6-9.

J. H. Fletcher & Co. has been building diesel powered scaling machines using inverted articulating booms with a Caterpillar 320 crawler undercarriage base for the last 11 years. The current model covers mining heights up to 5.2 m but the concept can easily be applied to heights above 9 m using a larger Caterpillar undercarriage. The crawler undercarriage provides both a stable and nimble platform for the scaling operation.

China and Asia will become the future bank rollers for the multi-billion dollar development of Africa’s under-resourced mining sector and its associated infrastructure requirements, according to international business law firm, DLA Piper.

A GIW Industries’ LSA model pump installed at the Noranda Alumina Plant in Gramercy, Louisiana, USA, has operated continuously with only routine maintenance for 52 years. Installed at the plant startup in 1959, the LSA pump operates on the plant’s press floor turnback area, handling bauxite mud slurry at a specific gravity of 1.25 and temperature of 125oF.

Sedgman SA recently purchased a Pilot Modular plant on behalf of its client, Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique (RTCM) (originally Riversdale Mining, which has been taken over by Rio Tinto and is now known as RTCM). The modular plant was used to provide data for coal processing to enable maximising the extraction of coking coal from the coal mined.

FLSmidth is poised to expand extensively into the minerals arena, a key corporate strategy that is only likely to be challenged by the skills shortage. So says Peter Lohrmann, newly appointed MD of FLSmidth South Africa, who took over management of the company following the retirement of the company’s former MD Dave Reid.

LKAB is investing in new technology that will make ore transport up to 20% more energy efficient and help to maximise utilisation of the Ore Railway between Riksgränsen and Luleå in Sweden.

Sedgman has been awarded a A$123 million Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP) design and construct contract at Queensland’s Daunia mine. The contract is the second, and larger, contract Sedgman has been awarded for CHPP work at the mine, located in the Bowen Basin.

LKAB is investing in new technology that will make ore transport up to 20% more energy efficient and help to maximise utilisation of the Ore Railway between Riksgränsen and Luleå in Sweden. The system is called CATO, and the SEK 50 million investment is being implemented in collaboration with Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration).

There have been many warnings of tyre shortages and now Eurotire, an emerging global leader in the OTR tire industry, has announced it will increase prices by up to 9.8% on all its OTR bias tyres and up to 11.5% on all its OTR radial tyres globally effective September 5, 2011.