Modern Mining May 2022

Epiroc wins large order for battery-electric mining equipment

ELB adopts telematics across its range In an era where machine uptime has a direct impact on an operations’ bottom line, con struction and mining equipment supplier ELB Equipment has launched its own custom-devel oped telematics system to radically enhance the effectiveness of its machines on sites. The telematics solution comes standard with equipment across the entire medium and heavy range, providing a host of valu able information to the user via easy-to-use web-based reporting software. While the machinery supplied by the company is at the pinnacle of reliability, the telematics sys tems assist the fleet manager to locate and manage fleets from remote locations on any device in real-time. According to Keon Kardolus, ELB Equip ment earthmoving and construction sales manager, the addition of telematics as a stan dard feature on its equipment is the next logical evolution of fleet optimisation. Nowadays, Premium quality equipment is made to be productive, and is ultra-durable and reliable. The addition of a telematics management sys tem further ensures operator conformance, assisted service and maintenance schedul ing, alarm parameters, geolocation and a host of other parameters to ensure the equipment remains optimised. 

Epiroc, a manufacturer of mining and infra structure equipment, has won a large order for battery-electric mining equipment to be used at a manganese ore mine in South Africa, from Assmang. Assmang has ordered several of Epiroc’s battery loaders and mine trucks – the Scooptram ST14 Battery and Minetruck MT42 Battery, respectively – that will be deployed at its Black Rock underground mine in the Northern Cape Province. “Epiroc is proud to support Assmang on its journey toward lower emissions through the use of our cutting-edge battery-electric machines, while also prioritising produc tivity and safety,” says Helena Hedblom, Epiroc’s CEO.

Assmang has previously ordered the same type of battery-electric machines for this mine, and in 2019 Assmang selected Epiroc’s Mobilaris Mining Intelligence digital solution, which provides superior situational awareness of the mining opera tion in real-time. The Scooptram ST14 Battery and Minetruck MT42 Battery machines, manu factured in Örebro, Sweden, are built to face the toughest conditions and are packed with intelligent features. They will be equipped with a Collision Avoidance System and with the telematics sys tem Certiq, which allows for automated monitoring of productivity and machine performance. 

ELB adopts telematics across its product range.

Epiroc wins order from Assmang for battery-electric mining equipment.

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