ABB has won a $24 million mine hoist order for Xstrata Zinc’s George Fisher zinc mine near Mt. Isa,, Queensland as a key part of the mine’s big expansion project ABB recently won a $24 million order ...

ABB has won a large order for its highest payload Koepe production hoist, associated infrastructure, and safety systems from Australian mining company OZ Minerals. The contract will help to ensure ...

UK heavy engineering company DavyMarkham is todesign. Manufacture and supply a double drum mine hoist for Agnico Eagle’s Pinos Altos gold/silver mine in Mexico. DavyMarkham from the UK has won its ...

Gravitricity has developed GraviStore, an innovative gravity energy storage system that raises and lowers heavy weights in underground shafts – to offer some of the best characteristics of lithium-ion ...

Its six ropes will be able to support the heavy loads from 1km underground at a maximum speed of 18.3m/s, supported by dual 7,700kW motors. Installation of the initial two hoists is currently in ...

In a move to bridge the burgeoning skills gap in the global mining industry, ABB has launched the Hoisting Young Engineer Exchange Program to attract the next generation of engineering graduates to a ...

For well over a century, copper mines and their structures dotted the landscape in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I was born there and several generations of my family worked in the mines. The last one ...

Power and automation technology company ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB) will supply four hoists to South Africa’s largest diamond producer, De Beers, which is investing over $2-billion in converting the ...

As a woman engineer specializing in mine hoists, what unique skills or perspectives do you bring to this field? I find that I excel in training and teaching, which makes it easy for me to transfer my ...

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