Archives: Coal technology

Macmahon Holdings Ltd has secured a 20-month extension of its work at the Byerwen coking coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Macmahon has been providing open cut mining services at Byerwen since the establishment of the mine in 2017 and employs more than 520 people on site. The mine is owned by Byerwen Coal Pty Ltd,[…]

BHP has signed an agreement for piloting of carbon capture and utilisation technology with China’s HBIS Group Co Ltd (HBIS), one of the world’s largest steelmakers and a major iron ore customer of BHP. As part of this new project, HBIS and BHP will trial pilot-scale demonstrations of carbon capture and utilisation technologies at HBIS’[…]

Chinese large mining truck leader Inner Mongolia North Hauler Joint Stock Co Ltd (NHL) has successfully won a contract to supply 21 units of 360 ton class electric drive mining trucks to national energy and coal giant CHN Energy’s Zhunneng Group in China’s Inner Mongolia. This is NHL’s second major mining truck order from Zhunneng[…]

Vale has announced that for the first time it has managed to produce commercial-quality iron ore pellets on an industrial scale without using anthracite coal. In a test carried out in a pellet plant in Vargem Grande, Minas Gerais, Vale replaced 100% of the fossil fuel with biocarbon to fire the pellets (small balls of[…]

To support the company’s One Komatsu global strategy and the integration of their legacy companies into the Komatsu brand, sizers, reclaim feeders and surface feeder breakers will be rebranded to Komatsu natural yellow from the previous Joy orange. Displayed in the Komatsu booth at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 this week is the newly rebranded yellow 1,800 t/h[…]

Following an on-site assessment by the National Intelligent Coal Mine Expert Panel, TBEA’s South open pit coal mine, operated by its subsidiary Tianchi Energy, has been designated one of China’s first batch of ‘National Intelligent Coal Mines.’ The South open-pit mine is a large coal operation in the northwest of China with a production capacity[…]

Queensland’s first ever all-female Mines Rescue Team has been formed at Anglo American’s Capcoal Open Cut Mine, near Middlemount, and is set to join the state’s competitive Mines Rescue Open Cut Circuit. Known as the Women of Steel, the team is made up of seven women who are now in training for the QMRS Mines[…]

The Thar Block-1 integrated coal mine and power project of China’s Shanghai Electric in Pakistan officially entered commercial operation on February 5, 2023, after both units passed the Reliability Run Test successfully after 168 hours’ full-load operation. The project will provide about 9 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity to the local grid every year, meeting[…]

Global mining services major Thiess has released its 2022 Sustainability Report, which outlines a strengthened commitment to climate change action by announcing interim targets in support of the Group’s goal of net zero Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 emissions from operated fleet by 2050. These include net zero Thiess Scope 1 and 2 emissions by[…]

Ericsson has signed a reseller agreement with Comsol at Mobile World Congress 2023, Barcelona, Spain to provide the Ericsson Private 5G solution that will enable Comsol to expand its enterprise business within South Africa’s mining industry. With Ericsson’s high-end connectivity solution and Comsol’s expertise in mining and systems integration, this collaboration is set to help[…]