Archives: Coal technology

National Group’s strong operating momentum has continued into 2022 with a major new contract for Anglo American Australia about to start. National Group is supplying heavy earthmoving equipment to Anglo’s open-cut coal mines at its Capcoal operation in the Bowen Basin (Lake Lindsay and Oak Park). The equipment includes a fleet of Komatsu 830E dump[…]

Teck Resources today announced an agreement with Caterpillar Inc to work towards deploying 30 of Caterpillar’s zero-emissions large haul trucks at Teck mining operations. Decarbonising Teck’s vehicle fleet represents a significant reduction in Scope 1 emissions as Teck works towards its goals to reduce the carbon intensity of its operations by 33% by 2030 and be[…]

An event was recently held to celebrate the extraction of 55 Mt coal was held at Sibanthracite Group’s Kiyzassky open-pit mine in the Kemerovo region, where the best employees were also awarded with letters of thanks for their diligent work. The feat was achieved just eight years after the mine began operations. The company significantly[…]

As part of a program for digitalisation of production processes in the Coal Division of JSC SUEK, a project was launched to introduce an automated production management system based on end-to-end management processes for mining and processing. The Tugnuisky mining operation in Buryatia was chosen as a pilot site. As a result of the project,[…]

The Board of Australian coal mining major Stanmore Resources Ltd has announced that Brisbane-based EPSA Pacific Pty Ltd (EPSA), part of Madrid, Spain headquartered group EPSA Group, has been awarded a five year open-cut mining services agreement (MSA) with a current value A$564 million at its Isaac Downs 35 Mt/y metcoal mine southeast of Moranbah,[…]

There remains only one conference in the world devoted to the subject of In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC), an approach to mining that is seeing a high level of advanced studies as well as actual implementation – largely due to the fact that it is dominated by electric power so for some operations it allows[…]

Bens Creek Group plc, the owner of a recently re-opened metallurgical coal mine in North America, has announced that Ben’s Creek Operations WV LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the group, has entered into a contract to purchase a Superior highwall miner and related highwall mining equipment for use at the Bens Creek mine. The[…]

Komatsu has redesigned its Joy 02ESV soft-rock scoops with 240 V of battery power and OptiDrive technology to improve operator comfort and offer a longer operating time between charges. Coming in three different models – 02ESV36, 02ESV56 and 02ESV60 – the scoops offer bucket capacities of 3-5 cu.m and maximum payloads of 18.2-28.7 t. The[…]

Bis says it has signed a multi-year on-road haulage contract with Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) at its New South Wales-based processing facility. The load and haul solution features a bespoke high payload on-road haulage rig ideally suited for the Glencore- and Yancoal-owned joint venture, which is located 115 km northwest of Newcastle, New South Wales,[…]

On December 17, 2021, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) announced that it had successfully achieved the 10 Mt of coal production milestone. SECMC, one of the largest public-private partnerships in the energy sector in Pakistan, commenced commercial operations in July 2019 with an annual production capacity of 3.8 Mt. Over the past 2.5 years,[…]