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  • Boliden Komatsu autonomous equipment FrontRunner haulage system Aitik mine

    Boliden to automate copper mine trucks

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Looking to get the most out of its 53-year-old Aitik copper-gold-silver mine, European mining giant Boliden has ordered Komatsu's FrontRunner autonomous haulage system for 11 ultra-class 930E-5 electric drive haul trucks at the open-pit operation in northern Sweden. While Aitik continues to steadily produce more than 200 million pounds of copper, 100,000 ounces of gold, and 1.1 million oz of silver per year, the transportation of ore to meet this production rate gets longer...

  • MINExpo Las Vegas Komatsu convention Rio Tinto Caterpillar electric haul truck

    Global mining sector returns to Vegas

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Oct 5, 2021

    LAS VEGAS – The machinery is enormous, and the ambitions are even larger for the global mining equipment companies unveiling the very latest technologies they have to offer at the National Mining Associations' MINExpo 2021 being held from Sept. 13-15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Held every four years, with the current exception of a one-year delay in 2020 due to COVID-19, the MINExpo is hailed as the largest mining event on Earth. Considering the fascinating...