Business Spotlights
Strata’s HazardAvert System for Proximity Detection & Collision Avoidance Increases Safety Awareness
February 8, 2012
HazardAvert® is a proximity detection and collision avoidance safety system designed to prevent accidents and injuries by detecting when a person or vehicle enters a specifically marked area, or zone, around an operating piece of machinery. When this marked zone
Caterpillar and WesTrac Sign Agreement with Fortescue to Implement an Autonomous Mining Solution
July 6, 2011
Caterpillar Inc. and Cat Dealer WesTrac have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Fortescue Metals Group based in Perth, Australia to implement an autonomous mining solution that is focused on delivering productivity and performance gains for Fortescue’s new Solomon iron
Caterpillar Puts the Operator First With Three New B Series Articulated Trucks
April 7, 2011
Caterpillar introduces the next generation of articulated trucks. The new B Series models now include the 735B, offering a 36-ton (32.7-tonne) payload, the 740B with its 43.5-ton (39.5-tonne) payload, and the 740B EJ with popular ejector body, carrying a 42-ton
Barrick and Newmont’s Turquoise Ridge JV Uses Condition-Based Programs to Achieve Goals
March 15, 2011
As a joint venture between two of the largest gold companies in the world, Barrick Gold Corporation and Newmont, Turquoise Ridge Joint Venture (TRJV) sees maintenance and reliability of its fleet as being extremely critical to its success. The Turquoise
Flex-Mat® 3 For Modular & Tensioned Screens Increases Screen Capacity & Material Throughput
January 5, 2011
Flex-Mat® 3 High-Performance, Self-Cleaning Screen Media from Montreal-based Major Wire Industries Limited helps mining operations increase screen capacity and material throughput while reducing downtime. Available for modular or tensioned screen decks, Flex-Mat 3 panels have more open area, providing up
Mine Site Technologies’ VoIP MinePhone Certified Intrinsically Safe
January 4, 2011
Mine Site Technologies’ MinePhone, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone handset for underground two-way communications, has received IEC Ex ia Group I Certificate of Conformity from TestSafe in January 2011. This is the final component of MST’s digital tracking
Strata Worldwide Goes Wireless With CommTrac Underground Communication System
November 23, 2010
Strata CommTrac is a completely wireless, intrinsically safe and MSHA approved, two-way text communications and tracking system for underground mining. It is a self-forming, self-healing, node-based system that communicates on a mesh architecture. Simple “pick and place,” node-to-node configuration that
Real Life Mining Stories with Leadership Lessons From R. Glenn Ray
November 23, 2010
It was three months before my 19th birthday and I had been working through the summer of 1972 for my father as a laborer on a residential construction projects. I assisted the carpenters wherever needed from digging the footer to
Caterpillar Produces 500th 797 Ultra-Class Truck
October 28, 2010
Caterpillar recently manufactured and shipped the 500th 797 large mining truck to a coal mining contractor in Australia. The 797F that marks the milestone represents the third generation of the largest mechanical-drive truck ever built. With 400 tons (363 mt)
Cat’s 374D; Increased Performance, Stronger Undercarriage, Easier Serviceability & Operator Comfort
April 26, 2010
The new 156,043-pound (70,780 kg) Cat® 374D hydraulic excavator, a direct replacement for the model 365C, combines added horsepower, stronger hydraulics, new buckets and greater operating weight to boost trenching, loading and lifting capabilities. Complementing these design basics are undercarriage
