Pillar extraction is back on the agenda again and NEPEAN Longwall is proving the coal mining doubters wrong with an ambitious and innovative project that, it says, may lead to an industry step-change, prolonging the life of underground operations by supplying a system that combines elements of both longwall and room & pillar mining methods.[…]
Sustainability, employee protection and operational insights are the drivers of a cutting-edge electrification upgrade at BHP BMA’s Goonyella Riverside Mine in Queensland, Australia, ABB says in a recent case study. At the BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) conjoined metallurgical coal mines Goonyella and Riverside in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, Subra Nedunuri, Senior Project Manager, Goonyella Riverside Mines (GRM),[…]
Effective March 11, 2024, HBT Australia and leading energy sector solutions company TotalEnergies Marketing Australia (a subsidiary of TotalEnergies SE) have agreed on ‘a new strong partnership.’ HBT will work with TotalEnergies Marketing Australia to provide resource companies with access to a single solution provider for all their onsite tunnelling, mining fluid, and lubricant requirements,[…]
NRW Holdings Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, Golding Contractors Pty Ltd, has signed a variation to its existing five-year mining services agreement with Jellinbah Mining Pty Ltd at the Jellinbah East coal mine in central Queensland, Australia. The scope of the variation includes operating and maintaining a second 600-t excavator and 220-t rear dump truck fleet[…]
Australian Pacific Coal Limited (AQC) has commenced drawdown of its debt facility, and is now embarking on a plan to re-start mining at the Dartbrook coal operation, in New South Wales, Australia, with an aim of producing first coal in the middle of 2024. The company recently executed a three-year $60 million debt facility with[…]
North American Construction Group Ltd says the MacKellar Group has been awarded a five-year contract extension by a major metallurgical coal producer in relation to a mine in Queensland, Australia. The contract contemplates the provision of fully maintained equipment and related services at the site operated by the producer. The award extends the expiry date[…]
South32 has entered into a binding agreement to sell Illawarra Metallurgical Coal to an entity owned by Golden Energy and Resources Pte Ltd (GEAR) and M Resources Pty Ltd for upfront and deferred cash consideration of $1.3 billion plus contingent price-linked consideration of up to $350 million. The sale is expected to complete in the[…]
In 2019, China’s Shanghai Electric placed the largest ever order for Liebherr excavators in number of machines – 28 R 9100s in total. The reliability of both the R 9100s and the support provided by Liebherr (China) Co Ltd resulted in the customer placing an order for four more of the excavators in 2022. The[…]
It is well known that the remote operation of large mining shovels is something that the major miners want – it is a natural progression as part of taking operators out of hazardous in-pit working locations and conditions, plus in mines that already have autonomous trucks as well as autonomous drills, the shovel and excavator[…]
Contract mining major BUMA Australia says it has implemented Carlson machine guidance technology across all of its sites. BUMA Australia was established in 2021 to acquire the open cut mining business of Downer and is part of Indonesian company Delta Dunia Group. Its current sites include the Blackwater, Broadmeadow East, Burton, Commodore, Goonyella, Meandu and[…]