Four percent of the world’s energy is estimated to be used by the mining sector according to the International Energy Agency.
With the cost of $50,000 for a single tire and consumption of up to 30 gallons of fuel an hour, it could cost over a million dollars a year to operate a mine haul truck.
It was not surprising that Fred from The Flintstones was a miner, given mining is one of the oldest industries in the world.
A 2,500 kVA power system from Cummins is a reliable emergency source of power for a boron mine facility in Turkey’s northwestern region.
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced today that the company is offering its Data-Enabled Mining Solution (DEMS) plus Fleetguard Filtration Intelligence Technology (FleetguardFIT™) free-of-charge for 12 months on all new QSK50, QSK60 and QSK78 Tier 4 solutions operating in the US and Canada.