Mobile Tunnel Miner on route. In late June Aker Wirth and Rio Tinto's new innovative tunnel boring system, deigned within Rio Tinto's …

Aker Wirth is one of three partners with whom Rio Tinto is working to develop new equipment and systems for the rapid construction of deep underground mines." The other two partners in these rapid development projects are and Herrenknecht (IM, May 2010, pp55-58).

Aker Wirth and will individually work with Rio Tinto to develop two new tunneling concepts and Herrenknecht will work with the Group on the …

Rio Tinto reported February 21 it is expanding its Mine of the Future program to include development and testing of new technologies for underground tunneling and mineral recovery. ... This work is scheduled to begin in 2013 and is addition to a first tunnel-boring trial, run in partnership with Aker Wirth, that will begin this year at the ...

This work is scheduled to begin in 2013 and is addition to a first tunnel-boring trial, run in partnership with Aker Wirth, that will begin this year at the company's Northparkes copper and gold mine in New South Wales, Australia. Rio Tinto is also considering locations for a shaft-boring system trial.

Aker Wirth: The future of deep sea mining From 2009 to 2012, Aker Wirth, in cooperation with the BGR (German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources), developed a concept for the deep sea mining of manganese nodules, which it also examined by means of a profitability analysis.

The miner has selected Aker Wirth, and Herrenknecht to work with it on the project, it said in a statement on Tuesday. ... Rio Tinto's Mine of the Future programme was unveiled in ...

On November 29 last year Aker Wirth and Rio Tinto signed a contract for the delivery and testing of the first Tunnel Boring System (TBS), which has been developed for Rio's Mine of the Future program. The TBS embodies Aker Wirth's innovative Mobile Tunnel Miner concept and will be tested at Northparkes copper mine in Australia.

5.1 Aker Wirth Aker Wirth developed the Mobile Tunnel Miner with disc undercutting technology and first did a short test operation in Canadian copper/nickel mining in 1993. Revived with new technology, a …

Rio plans Aker Wirth machine trial - Mining Magazine. Rio Tinto has announced that a new underground excavation system from Aker Wirth will be ready for full-scale performance verification trials at the Northparkes copper-gold mine in New South Wales, Australia, in 2012. Read More...

· Together with Rio Tinto, Aker Wirth has developed a new, innovative tunnel boring system within Rio Tinto's Mine of the Future program. The machine recently departed from Aker Wirth's production facility near Dusseldorf, Germany, embarking on a journey to Northparkes copper mine in southeast Australia.

Aker Wirth and Rio Tinto - Revolution in underground mining. Together with Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining companies, Aker Wirth developed a new, innovative tunnel boring system for underground tunneling and mining the Mobile Tunnel Miner (MTM). The machine concept combines the flexibility of a roadheader with the robustness of a ...

The global mining company Rio Tinto launched its Mine of the Future project in 2008 with the aim of automating and remotely controlling major aspects of its iron ore projects in the Pilbara region but with an eye to rolling out the technology across all its operations worldwide. [1] Contents 1 Launch 2 Trial projects 2.1 Results

Aker Wirth and will individually work with Rio Tinto to develop two new tunneling concepts and Herrenknecht will work with the Group on the development of a new shaft boring machine. GENRE. Business & Personal Finance. RELEASED . …

The first of two Aker Wirth tunnel boring machines for one of the most important infrastructure projects in Europe was delivered on 24 August 2012. The two telescopic shield machines each have a diameter of 9,93 m. They will be in operation from the end of 2012 at the main construction lot, KAT 2. ... Together with Rio Tinto, one of the largest ...

The advanced shaft and tunnel boring machines, like the ones developed by and Aker Wirth in collaboration with Rio Tinto, can dig underground safely, at greater speed and have the potential to reduce the time and cost otherwise taken for constructing underground mines.

Rio Tinto announces trial of a new tunnelling system partnering with Aker Wirth Andrew Topf | October 6, 2010 | 2:24 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Top Companies Copper Gold

Aker Wirth is one of three partners with whom Rio Tinto is working to develop new equipment and systems for the rapid construction of deep underground mines." The …

Aker Wirth has been selected as Rio Tinto's partner in developing one of two winning tunneling concepts used for underground block cave […]

Rio Tinto is expanding its Mine of the Future program to develop new equipment and systems for deep underground mines and has selected three partners to …

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06 February 2013 CODELCO is following Rio Tinto and others down the mechanical mine excavation path, committing to test an Aker Wirth Mobile Tunnel Miner (MTM) from mid-2014 at the...

The advanced shaft and tunnel boring machines, like the ones developed by and Aker Wirth in collaboration with Rio Tinto, can dig underground safely, at greater speed and have the …

Rio Tinto and CEMI are conducting research into mechanised excavation that consists of both a shaft boring system (SBS) from Herrenknecht and tunnel boring systems (TBS) from Aker Wirth and Atlas ...

In 2012, Aker Wirth, together with other companies from the industry, conducted a profitability analysis for the complete manganese nodule mining system, with support from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. ... Together with Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining companies, Aker Wirth developed a new, innovative ...

Aker Wirth is partnering with Rio Tinto in developing the system, which is being integrated into a $90-million prefeasibility expansion study at Northparkes. Sumitomo owns the remaining 20% of Northparkes.

Aker Wirth and will individually work with Rio Tinto to develop two new tunneling concepts and Herrenknecht will work with the Group on the development of a new shaft boring machine. Rio Tinto's Mine of the Future™ programme was unveiled in January 2008 and initially focused on the Group's Pilbara iron ore operations.

Together with Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining companies, Aker Wirth developed a new, innovative tunnel boring system for underground tunneling and mining - the Mobile Tunnel Miner (MTM). The machine concept combines the flexibility of a roadheader with the robustness of a tunnel boring machine. The knowledge gained from …

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Visualization of a miner MTM 6 made by Aker Wirth with mining head equipped with 6 disc arms and MMM Modular Mining Machine made by with a disc milling head, designed for Rio...