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 | Coleman Mine upgrades to AC-powered trucks
The Vale fleet of Kiruna haul trucks at Coleman Mine in Sudbury is transitioning to an AC electric system. Unlike the older DC-powered trucks that use battery power for tramming off the trolley line, the new AC model boasts a four-cylinder diesel engine that runs a generator to produce electricity.
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 Coleman Mine upgrades to AC-powered trucks
The Vale fleet of Kiruna haul trucks at Coleman Mine in Sudbury is transitioning to an AC electric system. Unlike the older DC-powered trucks that use battery power for tramming off the trolley line, the new AC model boasts a four-cylinder diesel engine that runs a generator to produce electricity.
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Bestech acquires RopeInspector technology
Bestech, an engineering, automation and software development company, has acquired the rights to a ground-breaking wire rope inspection system developed by SEER Technology and the St. John’s, Newfoundland-based Centre for Cold Ocean Resource Engineering.
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Rethinking how we mine
Editor’s note: The following is an edited version of a speech by Alex Henderson, general manager, mines and mill technology, North Atlantic Region, Vale, on the funding of a Rail-veyor deployment at the company’s Copper Cliff 114 Orebody Demonstration Plant.
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Airships, hoverbarges offer remote mine transit
Ice roads and railroads are still the preferred means of transportation for existing and proposed mines in Ontario’s swampy James Bay Lowlands, but two innovative transportation solutions are being touted as greener and less disruptive to fragile natural habitats.
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Itasca leverages cutting-edge technology
Digital technology is transforming Itasca Consulting Canada into a more efficient consulting company. With projects around the world and offices in Montreal and Toronto, the Sudbury based geomechanical consulting company is riding the wave of a booming mining industry.
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New personnel carrier making inroads
For years, licensed heavy equipment mechanics Jay Michaud and Dave St.Germain had a hunch a recreational vehicle could be modified and serve the role of a personnel/utility carrier in the underground mining industry.
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Innovative pipe handler eliminates “bull work”
A unique pipe handler designed and manufactured by Sudbury-based Marcotte Mining Machinery Services will make pipe installation safer for underground miners at Climax Molybdenum’s Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado, 50 kilometres west of Denver.
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