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Epiroc Partners With Ivanhoe Mines For Significant Order Of Battery Electric Mining Equipment In South Africa

Epiroc a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries has won a significant order for battery-electric mining equipment from Ivanplats that will be used to develop its greenfield mine in South Africa in the most sustainable and productive manner possible. Ivanplats a subsidiary of Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines has ordered several Boomer M2 Battery face drill rigs and Scooptram ST14 Battery lo...

Epiroc Acquires Chilean Provider Of Intelligent Mining Solutions

Epiroc a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries has acquired Mining Tag S.A. a Chilean company that provides sensor-based solutions that strengthen safety and productivity in mines by making operations smarter. Mining Tag based in Santiago Chile develops and implements sensor-based solutions that allow monitoring automation and process improvement of mining operations. The solutions are mainly ...

Epiroc Wins Large Mining Equipment Order In Mexico

Epiroc a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries has won a large order for underground mining equipment from Mexican contractor CoMinVi for use in several mines throughout the country. CoMinVi has ordered a variety of Epiroc machines including face drilling rigs production drilling rigs rock reinforcement rigs loaders and mine trucks. The equipment will ensure the mines are operated with strengt...

Epiroc To Acquire Australian Mining Logging Company

Epiroc a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries has agreed to acquire Kinetic Logging Services Pty Ltd an Australian company that provides mining companies with geophysical logging services. Kinetic Logging Services based in Perth Australia provides mining-technology measurement services to build improved geological models that help mining companies increase productivity. The company’s flagship...

Epiroc Wins Large Mining Equipment Order In Australia

An Epiroc Pit Viper and SmartROC D the drill rig models that Rio Tinto has ordered for use in Pilbara Australia. Epiroc a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries has won a significant order from Rio Tinto for mining equipment to be used in the company’s iron ore mines in the Pilbara region in Australia. Rio Tinto one of the world’s largest global mining companies is operating a highly advanced i...