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Caterpillar customers will now enjoy the latest simulator-based equipment training solutions courtesy of a new deal with ThoroughTec Simulation. The development comes after a global cooperation agreement to help improve safety, boost productivity, increase machine availability and create more sustainable mining operations. Under the agreement, Caterpillar Mining will recommend ThoroughTec …

According to the latest edition of Mining Elites in Africa, mines on the continent are beginning to adopt hybrid power plants. The power projects at two gold mines in Mali and at Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula copper production in the DRC were chosen in the annual publication as stand-out examples of making …

Advanced field services, transformer chemistry testing, reliability solutions – these are some of the extra services offered by condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, in addition to traditional used oil analysis following recent expansion. The company’s advanced field services (AFS) division incorporates specialist monitoring techniques such as rope testing, technical compliance and …

CEC has issued a warning to shareholders that its power supply agreement with Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) had come to an end. According to the company, the contractual lapse removes any contractual obligations for CEC to continue supplying electricity to KCM. The  development comes after KCM had accumulated a debt …

The Vedanta mining company and its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines, accept all the charges brought against them by local people. Thousands of Zambians filed a lawsuit in 2015 against Vedanta in the UK, claiming responsibility for the contamination of soil and water around its Nchanga copper mine in the …