HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE PREMIUM SUBSCRIBE SITE MAP HELP CONTACT VIDEO SURVEYS   Saturday 11 September 2010 Make MNN my HomePage    MINE GEAR TODAY STORIES [ 90 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Equipment market still struggling (Monday, 26 July 2010) SLOW sales in the second quarter have led to a small decline in the Australian construction and mining equipment market for the first six months of 2010. Full Story... A welcome form of RBT (Monday, 19 July 2010) JKTECH has launched the JK Rotary Breakage Tester, its ore breakage characterisation tool. Full Story... The beast cometh (Friday, 21 May 2010) SOME call it the Mining Mastermind. Others simply call it the Beast. Whatever the preferred moniker, the Atlas Copco SmartRig ROC D65 surface drill rig has arrived. Full Story... WesTrac merger gets the nod (Wednesday, 21 April 2010) SEVEN Network shareholders have voted to approve Kerry Stokes’ plan to merge the television company with Caterpillar dealer WesTrac. Full Story... A bit of Moxy (Wednesday, 14 April 2010) A QUICK visit to the Doosan Moxy website reveals some interesting news for those looking for trucks – it has a rigid hauler coming soon. Full Story... Trolley trucks save energy, CO2 emissions (Tuesday, 23 February 2010) A VISIT to Rio Tinto’s famous Rössing uranium mine in Namibia earlier this month revealed a unique haulage system from the open pit floor to ground level – trolley trucks powered by electricity. Full Story... Stokes to merge ‘pride and joy’ Westrac with Seven (Monday, 22 February 2010) CATERPILLAR dealer Westrac Holdings will merge with the Seven Network to create a new publicly listed company. Full Story... New dozer in a class of its own (Wednesday, 17 February 2010) KOMATSU Australia has released a new dozer that promises improved performance and a number of technological advances. Full Story... Sandvik cuts Cubex deal (Wednesday, 3 February 2010) SANDVIK Mining and Construction has become the distributor of Cubex’s underground mining product line in Australia and overseas. Full Story... Equipment sales to recover from bleak 2009 Exclusively for Premium Subscribers (Friday, 29 January 2010) CONSTRUCTION and mining equipment sales sank 27% in 2009, but stimulus measures along with growing commodities demand are tipped to improve sales this year. Full Story... Code makers (Thursday, 28 January 2010) ISOLATION and a “have a go” attitude have pushed Australian mining software developers to the forefront of the international market. By Christine Feary. Full Story... Bucyrus buys Terex (Monday, 21 December 2009) BUCYRUS International has bought Terex for $US1.3 billion, creating a mining equipment goliath. Full Story... Big bogger (Monday, 21 December 2009) A SANDVIK LH517 loader – the first put to work in Australia – is being given some of the credit for record tonnages at Panoramic Resources’ Lanfranchi mine. Full Story... Merger might create opportunities Exclusively for Premium Subscribers (Wednesday, 16 December 2009) EQUIPMENT suppliers are not exactly licking their lips over BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto’s mooted iron ore merger but some are seeing the upside. By Noel Dyson. Full Story... Stats confirm equipment suppliers’ pain (Wednesday, 16 December 2009) CONSTRUCTION and mining equipment sales in Australia for the year to November were 29.5% down on the same period last year, according to figures released by the Construction and Mining Equipment Industry Group. Full Story... Water-resistant solution (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) AQUACRETE has introduced a shotblast product designed to provide stabilisation where water erosion is a concern. Full Story... A rock securer’s rich repertoire (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) BE it controlling rockfalls through a drapery system or catch fences or preventing rockfalls through stabilising the rockface, one company has the solutions to suit. Full Story... Finding a clear avenue to continuous monitoring (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) IMAGINE being able to oversee the entire length of a slope or a tunnel with thousands of monitoring points to get a near real-time picture of what is happening. Full Story... Guiding grade control (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) A TRIMBLE GCS900 machine guidance system has improved grade control and productivity at two iron ore surface mining operations. Full Story... Machining made easier (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) MECHANICAL engineering company Baker & Provan has put to work one of the largest computer numerical controlled horizontal boring and milling machines operating in Australia. Full Story... Bit of a quick change (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) IMAGINE being able to change up to four drill bits from the can. This is one of several rig improvements Bucyrus has rolled out for its 49 and 59 series drills. Full Story... Safer shaft lining (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) A ROBOTIC shotcrete shaft liner is helping to reduce the danger involved with shotcreting, keeping workers out of the firing line. Full Story... Taking it one rig at a time (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) AN opportunity has arisen in the drilling sector due to the inconsistency of quality and service being offered. Full Story... Winning altitude attitude (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) HIGH onboard compressor capacity is winning the Cubex QXR 1120 and QXR 1320 drills some friends in the industry. Full Story... Flipping out (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) A PORTABLE screening and recycling attachment is starting to take the world by storm. Called the Flip Screen, the device is in use in 15 countries. Full Story... An eye on maintenance (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) REAL-time scanning and analysis tech-nologies are emerging as a valuable tool in the maintenance of equipment on minesites and plants, preventing damage by monitoring elements that can cause or increase wear on equipment. Full Story... Cats unleashed on mining market (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) CATERPILLAR has launched its next generation 793 and 797 trucks for commercial use. Full Story... Mammoth growth (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) MAMMOTH Technologies is expanding its business activities, offering a wider range of services and looking to increase its geographical spread. Full Story... Keeping the rust at bay (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) RUST can be a serious problem in the mining industry, particularly on moving parts and equipment that can seize up and fail when affected by rust. Full Story... Compact jacks (Tuesday, 1 December 2009) THE hydraulic jack is an important piece of machinery in industries that involve lifting heavy equipment. However, one problem with traditional hydraulic jacks is their susceptibility to damage, particularly when it comes to high-pressure hydraulic hoses. Full Story... 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