Archives: Coal technology

Mining major Teck Resources says its RACE21™ mining innovation team has supported an on-the-ground team in designing a new system to load railcars safely, efficiently and accurately, while increasing the speed of train loading and maximising the available capacity of railcars. While observing railcars loading steelmaking coal at Teck-owned Fording River Operations, Automation Specialist and[…]

Bis says it is bolstering its presence in Queensland’s Bowen Basin region through a new off-road haulage contract with Stanmore Resources.   The multi-year contract award, which follows a competitive tender process, will see Bis deliver load and haul services between Stanmore’s Isaac Downs mine in the state and the nearby coal handling and and[…]

Bravus Resources has added BCF Concreting to its list of suppliers at the Carmichael coal mine, in Queensland, Australia. The 100% Indigenous-owned business has been engaged to supply concrete to the operation, with the contract adding to the more than A$1 billion ($743 million) that has been paid to regional Queensland contractors and businesses since[…]

Vale’s sustainability efforts are continuing to be displayed to the rest of the industry, with the major miner making a significant contribution to a report on the sustainable use of sand in mining and starting construction on a ‘green pig iron’ production facility in Brazil. On the former, the University of Queensland, through its Sustainable[…]

Thiess says it has been awarded a three-year contract renewal to provide mining services at Harum Energy’s Mahakam Sumber Jaya coal mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Under the contract extension, commencing from April 1, 2023, Thiess will continue providing mine design and planning, drill and blast, overburden removal, load and haul, asset maintenance and management,[…]

On February 22, CHN Energy owned coal operation Shengli Energy accomplished the trial operation of unmanned mining trucks with both zero and full load, it said marking the fact that the company’s efforts of building intelligent open-cut mines had entered into a new stage. The unmanned control system for mining trucks realises autonomous operation of[…]

Nick Williams, Founder and Managing Director of Vitrinite has signed the first contract to supply a highwall miner to support the Vulcan Mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin this week with India’s Gainwell Engineering Global Pte Ltd. Vitrinite says it is honoured to be the first buyer of Gainwell’s GHWM300M outside India and believes that the[…]

NRW Holdings Limited says its Golding Contractors Pty Ltd subsidiary has received a Binding Letter of Intent to enter into a 5.5-year Mining Services Agreement with Wonbindi Coal Pty Ltd at the Baralaba North Mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The award is valued at approximately A$800 million ($592 million) and, the company says, continues the[…]

Komatsu Mining recently partnered with UltraTech Cement to introduce a low seam and a mid seam Joy continuous miner package in India’s first privately owned coal block for captive mining at Bicharpur mines in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. Komatsu stated: “With the delivery of our direct services with full maintenance contract, we are excited to work[…]

FLSmidth is launching two exciting developments in its flotation portfolio – the WEMCO II and the REFLUX™ Flotation Cell (RFC™) – at the MINEXCHANGE 2022 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City. The WEMCO II Flotation Cell builds upon the success of the industry standard, WEMCO, but with optimisations to the rotor and stator/hood that[…]