Archives: Coal technology

Mechel says its mining facilities received a total of some 270 equipment units, including more than 80 large-scale machines and assembly units, in 2021. The most sweeping technical revamps and retrofits involved Southern Kuzbass Coal Company, which received more than 100 new equipment units, including heavy-duty trucks, bulldozers and service equipment. All mobile equipment uses an[…]

The first mobile power complex for mining shovels “Peregon-1800” was recently put into operation at the Bachatsky coal mine of JSC MC Kuzbassrazrezugol (KRU, an enterprise of the UMMC raw materials complex). The complex was created by ObninskEnergoTech specialists according to the technical assignment of the Kuzbassrazrezugol Management Company. The new equipment is capable of[…]

Vale has entered into a binding agreement with Vulcan Minerals to sell the Moatize coal mine and the Nacala Logistics Corridor (NLC) for total proceeds of $270 million, comprised of $80 million at closing and $190 million from the existing business until closing; plus a 10-year Royalty Agreement subject to certain mine production and coal[…]

East (Vostochnaya) Mining Company (EMCO) in Sakhalin, Russia is switching to digital operational radio communications at the company’s key mining asset – the Solntsevsky coal mine. The new system streamlines and unifies the key dispatching processes in the mining and transport complex. EMCO stated: “This allows you to control all key processes in production, collect[…]

One of a handful of companies offering a full range of battery electric underground mining machinery, as well as its well established core underground mining monorails business, SMT Scharf AG has been informed today by its core shareholders, Shareholder Value Beteiligungen AG and Share Value Stiftung, as well as Shareholder Value Management AG, that they[…]

Liebherr Indonesia has recently entered its new business relationship with Indonesia-based mining contractor, PT Karunia Armada Indonesia, through the handover of an R 9100 hydraulic excavator at the Tabang mine site in East Borneo. Another R 9200 mining excavator is set to start operating in April as part of the agreement. Liebherr Indonesia and PT[…]

Australia’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, and Anglo American have agreed to work together on a feasibility study to assess the introduction of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight. Aurizon and Anglo American have entered into an agreement to conduct the study that will explore the application of Anglo American’s proprietary hydrogen fuel cell and battery[…]

Specialist resources services provider, Babylon Pump & Power Limited, says it has secured an agreement for supply of goods and services with Premier Coal Limited. The agreement is for overhaul of Premier engines, supply of service exchange engines and labour support, as required. Based on quotations supplied and the anticipated schedule provided, Babylon estimates the[…]

Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions and the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions for commercial and defence vehicles, says that long-term partner LiuGong (Changzhou) Mining Machinery Co Ltd has shipped 17 units of new DW90A wide body mining dump (WBMD) trucks equipped[…]

Thriveni Earthmovers and client NTPC, India’s largest electricity producer, have celebrated the start-up of a new in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) system and Coal Handling Plant (CHP) at the 15 Mt/y Pakri Barwadih mine in Jharkand with the system having begun trial operations. The IPCC system was supplied by Germany’s TAKRAF and in-country subsidiary TAKRAF[…]