As in any successful business venture, costs have to be kept as low as possible, and using equipment that can do the most work at the least cost is key to achieving this goal. Earthmoving, in ...

Last month, we took a look at the use of large draglines, such as walking draglines, in heavy construction applications. The photo above shows another example of these machines, along with a lot more.

Using an innovative and groundbreaking approach, Luminant recently transported four draglines to new mining areas on a specialized 1,000-wheel vehicle DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pioneering a new ...

Switzerland’s Bio-Inspired-Robotics Lab was inspired by spiders. From the way the spindly eight-legged creatures create draglines to how they use their spinnerets to navigate, researchers Liyu Wang, ...

More than 700 tires rolling in unison will deliver BNI Coal’s 9.5 million-pound Liberty dragline to its new site. Using a method only done three or four times nationwide, BNI Coal is moving Liberty ...

A $100 million piece of equipment has helped to create the world's second-largest coalmining dragline, writes Pete Heininger. A construction project involving dozens of Australian companies has ...

The BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is trialling a new system at its Peak Downs coal mine in Queensland that targets a fresh round of energy efficiency and productivity gains for its dragline ...