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Sandvik will introduce new products and digital solutions and display its latest technologies for helping contractors and aggregates producers improve profitability and productivity at North America’s largest construction tradeshow.

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.’s Hishikari mine is the first Japanese underground mine utilizing automated loading technology from Sandvik. AutoMine^® will help enable increased productivity, improved safety and better cost control, while bringing digital transformation of the mining process closer and increasing operational transparency.

New Gold has ordered four more Sandvik LH518B battery-electric loaders for its New Afton mine in British Columbia. The new battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) will join the first-ever Sandvik LH518B, which New Afton trialed in late 2020 before purchasing in February 2021, and two Sandvik Z50 BEV trucks also operating at the mine.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has launched a highly-automated, compact, twin-boom drill for underground development and small-scale tunneling.

Amalgamated Mining Group will provide rental underground equipment from Sandvik including loaders, trucks, underground drills and bolters to customers in the USA.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is launching Sandvik Alpha™ 340 asymmetric drilling tools, a new thread concept within its top hammer drilling offering for mining and tunneling. Replacing the proven Sandvik Alpha™ 330 thread system, the new concept delivers up to 30 percent longer service life and increased productivity.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has received an Innovation Award for the best supplier of automation technology at the Oyu Tolgoi Supplier of the Year 2022 award ceremony. The company earned the award for the innovative implementation of its AutoMine® system at Oyu Tolgoi gold and copper mine, marking the first underground autonomous technology in mining operations in Mongolia.