With skilled operators harder to find, new technologies can help fill the void by easing the burden for both novice and skilled operators alike. “I have trained a lot of people over the years,” ...

Choosing the right bucket attachment for the soil and aggregate type on a jobsite to get the best use out of a wheel loader pays off in productivity as well as reduced operating costs for contractors ...

Bucket wheel excavators (BWEs) represent a pinnacle of modern mining technology, designed to extract vast quantities of material under extreme conditions. Their mechanics integrate robust components ...

Johannesburg, South Africa, January 13, 2015 – Open pit mining and underground solutions provider, Tenova TAKRAF, has completed the supply and installation of a complete Bucket Wheel Excavator (BWE) ...

When mining companies need to move a lot of material they turn to some of the biggest equipment in the business. Bucket wheel excavators, spreaders and large-belt conveyors are capable of moving up to ...

The first commercial petroleum mining at the Athabascan oil sands near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta began at the end of September 1967. German machinery was used right from the beginning . In ...

It is the world's largest open-ended huge drilling machine, and it is still in service and still in operation. Construction started in 1980, and it was completed five years later. Total construction ...

With a larger 7.6-cubic-yard bucket, the WA500-8 wheel loader is up to 10 percent more productive than its Dash 7 predecessor, Komatsu says. The 357-horsepower Tier 4-Final Komatsu engine optimizes ...

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 ...