Monthly Archives: April 2013

Atlas Copco goes green with new range of electric loaders and trucks

Atlas Copco is launching a range of underground loaders and trucks with electricity as the primary power source. The new range, introduced as The Green Line, includes seven products: two electric underground trucks, four electric underground loaders and a new portable generator.

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Atlas Copco launches five new underground products at Bauma in Munich

Atlas Copco is launching five new products for underground construction and mining applications at the Bauma 2013 exhibition. The new series of Boomer E rigs for underground face drilling features the new COP 4038, the fastest and most powerful rock drill on the market and also on display is the new COP 1800+ series. The new Boomer E-series also features a new Rig Control System and a new version of Atlas Copco´s advanced Underground Manager System with improved user interface that takes planning and evaluation to the next level in performance and efficiency. Last but not least, a new Dry Drilling System, providing totally water-free face drilling!

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Atlas Copco’s LHD goes green with Electric Scooptram EST1030

Atlas Copco has launched a “green” LHD for underground mining. With its carbon emission-free motors, the Scooptram EST1030 loader lives up to the company’s brand promise of sustainable productivity.

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From Scotland with competence in large and deep hole drilling

How a small group of drilling entrepreneurs in Scotland became a major player in the Atlas Copco world of drilling technology.

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The Scaletec effect at Tara Mines

Mining equipment that makes a significant contribution to safety as well as productivity is in increasing demand. A good example is Boliden’s Tara Mines in Ireland – Europe’s largest zinc mine – where an investment in Atlas Copco Scaletec rigs for mechanized scaling has had a dramatic effect.

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