The BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is trialling a new system at its Peak Downs coal mine in Queensland that targets a fresh round of energy efficiency and productivity gains for its dragline ...

When gold was discovered in Alaska at the end of the 19th century, it was individual miners who initially exploited the resource using picks and shovels and other rudimentary equipment. As easy ...

Australian coal miner GVK Hancock is to implement a combined dragline and bucketwheel excavator system to move overburden at its Alpha coal project which it reckons to be the most efficient and cost ...

19 November 2015, BRISBANE: Global mining technology company MineWare continues to lead the way in dragline mining innovation, recently completing stage one of its ACARP project in collaboration with ...

Using an innovative and groundbreaking approach, Luminant recently transported four draglines to new mining areas on a specialized 1,000-wheel vehicle DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pioneering a new ...

Heavy lift and transportation specialist Mammoet has completed its first dragline relocation project in Australia. The Marion 8050 dragline, weighing 2990 tonnes, was jacked up and transported 61 ...

A dynamic DeSoto Parish power plant—fueled by a brownish coal called lignite—is keeping two area utility companies in business and contributing to the local economy. Recently, SWEPCO moved a gigantic ...

As in any successful business venture, costs have to be kept as low as possible, and using equipment that can do the most work at the least cost is key to achieving this goal. Earthmoving, in ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Mackay. Followed categories will be added to My News. Very slowly ? and not without months of planning and $5 million. That's what it's taken to get Xstrata Coal's ...

The mining of phosphate rock by strip mining methods is dependent on the effectiveness of a great many managerial decisions which affect the pattern of operations. A mathematical analog was developed ...

On 28 November 2013, various Anglo Coal mining assets will be taken to auction including a 3,298 ton dragline machine which when new is valued at over R1billion. The last time such a second hand ...