Archives: Coal technology

Designers of the Research and Development Center of KAMAZ PTC have created what they say is a unique dump truck KAMAZ-6559 intended for mining in autonomous mode. The vehicle, built in cooperation with experts of Bauman University (BMSTU) under the project ‘Development of the Line of Hybrid Self-Driving Heavy-Duty Dump Trucks for Extractive Industries of[…]

On June 28, Canadian mining major Teck Resources held a Sustainability Investors Roundtable to highlight elements of its sustainability strategy and leadership. One focus area was titled Low Carbon Transition and was presented by Sepanta Dorri, VP Decarbonization and Chris Adachi, Director Climate Change. They talked about haul trucks as one of Teck’s Carbon Reduction[…]

Teck Resources has announced a Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) pilot project at its Trail Operations metallurgical complex in southern British Columbia, Canada, in support of its Net-Zero Climate Change Strategy. The CCUS pilot is expected to begin operation in the second half of 2023 and is expected to contribute to the company’s aim[…]

Thiess says it has been awarded a life-of-mine contract to provide mining, rehabilitation and port management services by PT Kapuas Tunggal Persada and PT Tempirai Inti Energi in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Thiess will operate the adjacent Kapuas Tunggal Persada (KTP) and Global Bara Mandiri (GBM) mines and will deliver turnkey operations, including mine design and[…]

RPMGlobal has released what it says is another industry first with new Gas Drainage Scheduling functionality inside its XPAC Underground Coal Solution (UGCS). This functionality has been developed with some of Australia’s largest underground coal miners, it noted. XPAC Solutions are a suite of commodity-based mine planning software solutions specifically built for different commodities and[…]

Komatsu says it has partnered with Poland-based Becker-Warkop Sp. z o.o. to produce a set of Joy custom-designed longwall powered roof supports (PRS), manufactured by Becker-Warkop, for Warrior Met Coal’s operations in the US. These supports will also include Joy’s Faceboss RS20s roof support controls, which can help provide full face automation, Komatsu said. Last[…]

Back in November 2019, IM was one of the first to report on the record Komatsu Mining P&H 4800 XPC AC electric rope shovel that began operating at Teck Resources’ Fording River metcoal operation in BC, Canada. With a nominal 122.5 t (135 short tons) payload the 4800XPC AC can three pass load (instead of[…]

The Mining Platform of Murray & Roberts, a leading mining contracting business, is fast putting the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic behind it and its order book has now recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to Mike da Costa. “Our order book was eroded in the immediate aftermath of the global economic shutdown caused by[…]

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) says it has commissioned a new 25 t/h filter press at its coal washing plant, in Emakhalathini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The filter press, from South Africa-based Filtaquip, removes slurry from the water used in the coal washing process. It will aid in preventing incidents such as the coal slurry spill, which occurred at ZAC after the end wall at Slurry Pond 3 failed[…]

After retrofitting an aged DC 8050 dragline with a safer AC power system, a multi-dragline coal mine operating in Queensland experienced a major boost in productivity and power efficiency, substantially diminished operating costs and a positive return on the investment within 18 months, FLANDERS says. In 2018, senior management of BHP’s South Walker Creek coal[…]