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Mechel PAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, reports launching the new Longwall 0-17-18 operation at its VI Lenina underground mine, which is part of Southern Kuzbass Coal Company. The new longwall’s industrial coking coal reserves are estimated at 560,000 t. The longwall is 190 m long, with an average seam height[…]

African Gold Group has announced that SENET (Pty) Ltd has been awarded the contract to deliver an updated definitive feasibility study for the Kobada Gold Project in Mali. The company pointed out that SENET is one of the leading project management and engineering firms in the field of mineral processing in Africa. “It has delivered[…]

Whitehaven Coal in its recently released year to end June 2019 results said there had been some cost increases of around A$4 per tonne due to longer hauls and increased elevation of the hauls at Maules Creek as the pit continues to be expanded to facilitate optimised mining conditions for the long term but this[…]

A new secondary conveyor belt cleaner has been engineered specifically for challenging applications where traditional designs fail to deliver the necessary performance or wear life. The CleanScrape® Secondary Cleaner (CS2) Martin Engineering says is particularly effective in conditions where continuous production is a high priority or cleaner service is difficult, including corrosive or high-temperature environments.[…]

Fitzroy Australia Resources is partnering with leading software company Commit Works to introduce digital planning and short interval control at its Carborough Downs coal mine in the Bowen Basin region of central Queensland. In keeping with its reputation for innovative and dynamic thinking, Fitzroy’s leadership team says the time is right to introduce the new[…]

Chinese construction and mining equipment giant SANY Heavy Equipment, whose mining machinery factory in Shenyang IM visited earlier this year (and which will be the subject of an in-depth article in 2019) is seeing very positive results as the mining market picks up both domestically and globally. For the six months ended 30 June 2019,[…]

Unveiled in July, the new MICHELIN® X® TWEEL® SSL™ 2 – the airless tyre solution for skid steers – features a completely new wheel developed and manufactured by GKN Wheels. The TWEEL is a single, fully-integrated unit which replaces the traditional tyre/wheel/valve assembly. This means there is no need for costly and time-consuming wheel and[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has introduced two new innovative solutions to reduce noise emissions in surface top hammer drilling. The new options for Ranger™ DXi series and Dino™ DC410Ri surface drill rigs help to mitigate harmful noise at construction worksites and quarries. “Many contractors and quarries face increasingly restrictive noise limits, particularly in urban[…]

Dr Dmitri Bessarabov is Director of the Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Infrastructure Center of Competence at South Africa’s North-West University (NWU) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He was recruited for the HySA position from Canada and brought to South Africa a lot of relevant hydrogen industrial experience, notably, in fuel cells[…]

Sagar Chandra, VP of Business Development – Latin America and Todd Rigby, Director of Sales, at private wireless mesh network technology company Rajant Corporation recently shared with IM their thoughts on how slope stability monitoring is increasing both safety and productivity. “Slope failure in open-cut mines can have devastating effects, especially when they occur without[…]