Lubricants for Mining

• 360° Application Guide
• Lubricants for Mining
• Use our 360° Application Guide to get closer to how we are improving energy efficiency and enhancing equipment protection through lubrication.
• Welcome to our virtual mining operations scene: Futureproofing mining operations with the latest innovations.
• Explore the mining business hotspots where advanced lubricants, fuels and technologies combine with expert service, and digital and sustainability solutions, to help cut your operating costs, increase your productivity as well as reduce your environmental impact.

• Navigating the tool is simple on either desktop or mobile:

  • On the initial screen, click/tap and hold to rotate your view
  • Click/tap on the labelled hotspots to zoom in for more detail
  • Scroll up and down (or pinch the screen with two fingers) to zoom in and out from the hotspots
  • Click/tap and hold to rotate your view when zoomed into a hotspot
  • Zoom out from a hotspot to return to the initial screen
  • Click ‘Start’ to begin the experience!
• Please note, this tool is for illustrative purposes only. The size, layout and detail of the equipment, machinery and processes displayed may not show a 100% accurate representation relative to each mining operation scene.
• Lubricants & Greases: Improving productivity with advanced lubricant technologies
• Operating in some of the harshest conditions on Earth, it is critical for mining businesses to keep their machines (such as excavators) running as efficiently as possible for as long as possible. Extending maintenance intervals is a vital element in driving productivity across a mining fleet.
  
  This can be a challenge, but Shell’s extensive portfolio of lubricants – from gear oils to transmission fluids – provides enhanced protection for machines working under heavy loads, extreme temperatures, and in dusty or wet conditions. For more detail on Shell’s lubricant solutions, visit the product pages here for Shell Tellus , Shell Gadus , Shell Tactic EMV , Shell Rimula , Shell Spirax , Shell Omala and learn about how the combination of these can help to increase machine uptime, lower maintenance costs, and improve site productivity.
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• Diesel/Fuel – Engine: Reducing carbon emissions through better fuel choices
• Powering your equipment is about more than just selecting a fuel – it is about how you provide the energy to drive sustainable success in your business. As well as increasing the operating efficiency of your mining operations and reducing your total cost of ownership, your choice of fuel can also help reduce your environmental impact. For example, this excavator runs on differentiated diesel with performance additives, developed to help reduce CO₂ emissions and black smoke generated by your operations¹. Other fuel options for your mining equipment include renewable diesel or diesel with high bio components, which can help reduce your carbon footprint.²
• Recommended product: Shell FuelSave Diesel and Shell Diesel Extra
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• Shell Lubricant Services: Driving productivity with remote oil condition monitoring
• To get the most out of your mining equipment, the right lubricants are needed for the right applications. However, when operating in the world’s most remote locations, you also need to know how to optimise your maintenance schedule based on the condition of your oils. Shell Remote Sense delivers this capability, providing you with an online oil condition monitoring service that uses sensor data and advanced analytics to give you actionable real-time insights into your equipment. Providing continuous monitoring that allows you to catch problems before they cause damage, Shell Remote Sense enables you to reduce unplanned downtime, optimise your maintenance schedules, and extend equipment life – so improving asset utilisation and increasing productivity. It is one of a range of digital services– including MachineMax, Shell LubeAnalyst, and Shell LubeOptimiser – that have delivered savings and productivity gains to many mining businesses.
• Recommended product: Shell Lubricant Services
• Recommended product: MachineMax
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• Sustainability: Creating more sustainable mining operations
• As a carbon-intensive industry, mining is under pressure to decarbonise and reduce its environmental impact. This is fast becoming an area of competitive advantage, with businesses looking to strengthen their licence to operate – and ability to win new business – through sustainability. However, a critical challenge is understanding how to improve the sustainability of your operations while simultaneously increasing productivity and output to keep up with demand. One way that Shell helps businesses to achieve this is through carbon-neutral³ biodegradable products⁴ like our Shell Naturelle range of lubricants, engineered to help you avoid emissions and reduce your environmental impact without compromising performance. We also provide a portfolio of Nature Based Solutions (NBS) that invest in global projects to protect, transform, or restore land – offsetting the hard-to-abate emissions generated across the industry.
• Recommended product: Shell Naturelle
• Recommended product: NBS
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• OREN: Accelerating digital transformation with OREN
• Digitalisation of mining assets is the first lever to apply to set mining sites up for a successful energy and operational transformation. Shell is using OREN, a mining optimisation digital services and solution provider that integrates existing and new technologies to facilitate one view of data and accelerate decarbonisation progress for the customer. Shell joined forces with IBM to create OREN, empowering companies to measure, visualise and benchmark data across the entire value chain to drive operational efficiencies, reduce emissions and provide a long-term digital pillar for net-zero ambitions.
• Recommended product: OREN
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• Disclaimers
• ¹ In heavy-duty engines up to and including Euro III.
• ² Compared to regular diesel without fuel economy formula. Actual savings may vary according to vehicle, driving conditions and driving style. Internal Shell tests and with our customers have shown a range of fuel savings depending on age of vehicle and type of operations.
• ³ In participating locations. “Carbon neutral” indicates that Shell has engaged in a transaction where an amount of CO₂ equivalent to the CO₂e amount associated with the raw material extraction, transport, production, distribution, use and end-of-life of the product has been avoided as emissions through the protection of natural ecosystems or removed from the atmosphere through a nature-based process. CO₂e (CO₂ equivalent) refers to carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane and nitrogen oxides.
• ⁴ Readily biodegradable in accordance with OECD 301 B, >60% degraded by the end of the 28-day test.