Archives: Coal technology

Chute Technology says its new coal and ore handling technologies, designed to overcome production-limiting factors at mines and bulk handling terminals throughout Australia, are proving their worth in service at the Ulan operations in New South Wales. The technology packages are designed to eliminate potential bottlenecks, occupational health and safety issues and weak links in[…]

Construction of two MMD Semi-Mobile Sizing Stations is underway in Northeast Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Xilinhe Coal Chemical Co Ltd, part of China Energy Group, also known as CHN Energy and the largest coal producer in the world, placed the order with MMD China through Ningxia Coal Construction Company in February 2021 to help meet[…]

Leading open pit mining fleet autonomous technology provider TAGE Idriver recently won a bid to retrofit seven XCMG XDE240 220 ton payload trucks for unmanned operations at the Shengli No.1 open pit coal mine north of Xilinhaote City in Inner Mongolia at an altitude of 970-1,100 m. The mine is operated by Shenhua Nortel Victory[…]

Glencore has highlighted the advances it has made in longwall automation at its Oaky Creek underground coal mine in Queensland, Australia, during a visit from the Federal Minister for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt. The minister met production crews and was given a demonstration of the mine’s automated longwall, the company says. Using ‘ExScan’ laser[…]

Cementing an already strong relationship between SANY India and coal miner Durga Infra Mining Private Ltd, a key handover celebration was held recently in the presence of top management from both the companies wherein SANY India handed over to the mining group its 100th SANY wide body dump truck of model SKT90S. The SKT90S is[…]

The adoption of new technologies is often a long and sometime difficult road, but synthetic pendants are now being seen as a proven technology in dragline operations with a long list of demonstrated benefits. Today, both Synthetic Main and IBS pendants are available through industry rope pendant leader, Bridon-Bekaert The Ropes Group’s Tiger Blue Synthetic[…]

A division of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC), JSC Kuzbassrazrezugol (KRU), which specialises in the extraction of coal, is implementing at all of their branches the ZM OpenMine mining fleet management system from Zyfra, the Finnish-Russian supplier of digital solutions for mining and other heavy industries. The ZM OpenMine system is already operating[…]

The recent move by Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions to its new and upgraded Khomanani facility in South Africa has boosted the company’s already considerable service capabilities. The modern premises near Kempton Park in Gauteng include a mega-workshop that now rates among the global company’s largest facilities, according to Imraan Amod, Business Line Manager –[…]

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering and Construction Co Ltd. (NFC China) have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to construct a “special coke plant” at JSC Shubarkol Komir in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda Region. The new 400,000 t/y plant will produce a reducing agent that is key to the[…]

To demonstrate its continued support of, and collaboration with, soft-rock operations, Komatsu has introduced new machine features and a next-generation conveyor chain to help mines maximise uptime and achieve productivity goals. These offerings debuting at MINExpo 2021 include the 12HM46 continuous miner with the new Titan Cutter Head, the BH-18A battery hauler with new lithium-ion[…]