Switzerland, Oct. 14 -- ABB has successfully completed a gearless mill drive (GMD) service scope at Barrick's Pueblo Viejo gold mine in the Dominican Republic during a planned maintenance shutdown. Delivered as part of an ongoing long-term service agreement (LTSA), ABB's field service team worked with the site operators to restore essential GMD infrastructure that had been in operation for more than a decade.With shutdown time tightly limited to protect the mine's production target of 650,000 oz of gold in 20251, the service specialists executed their plan. Their expert response avoided unscheduled downtime and minimized planned downtime, ensuring production continuity at the nationally important mine which contributes nearly 2 percent to G...