Mining

Teck has announced an agreement with Caterpillar to work towards deploying 30 of Caterpillar’s zero-emissions large haul trucks at Teck mining operations.

Customers can choose from one of two 2,300hp Stage IV engines; a 16-cylinder Cummins QSK60 or an MTU 16V4000 Detroit Diesel.

30 MTU engines, Series 4000, have been ordered by earthworks contractor U&M with the aim of repowering existing fleet of mining machinery at work in Brazil. U&M Mineração e Construção is a leading contractor in the South-American country and will use the new MTU 12V 4000 C03 engines to repow...

Particularly suitable for off-road, quarry and building applications, the Allison’s 4000 Series meets the needs of off-road vehicle manufacturers to increase efficiency and reduce the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), a concept still far from being understood and applied in the construction world...

This summer Rolls-Royce decided to focus, among all the other activities we already discussed here on Diesel International, also on strengthening its relationships with its Chinese partners. In this specific case we are talking about partners such as XCMG and Yuchai Machinery. A new strategic cooper...

MTU now offers sustainable energy supply also for mines Rolls-Royce recently decided to expand its offer of energy systems focusing in particular on providing new microgrid solutions for mines. This means that mine operators will be able to rely on sustainable energy supply. An energy that is availa...

MTU Africa gave mining trucks a new lease on life MTU Africa has already retrofitted multiple mining trucks with MTU engines. It has now recently added another eight projects to the list. In particular, three Komatsu 960-2KT and five Hitachi EH3500-AC2 mining vehicles. These were first-time retrofit...

Cummins celebrated the centenary of its engine development at Bauma As part of Cummins’ centenary, visitors at Bauma saw 100 years of engine technology, with the company’s first engine known as the HVID shown alongside the latest B6.7 2019 Stage V engine. The HVID was the first engine model that Cum...

Stage V progress continues to be a key focus for Cummins Looking to this year’s Bauma (8-14 April), Cummins will celebrate its centenary year with a presence focused on Stage V while looking forward to the progress of future technologies like electrification and connectivity. The aim is to let...

Second part of the interview with Lars Kräft MTU feels perfectly at home in earthmoving, quarrying and mining. On the eve of Bauma, we asked Lars Kräft, Vice President Industrial Business at Rolls-Royce Power Systems, about market trends, projects and technology. Here is the second part of the inter...