Archives: Coal technology

Most of the major mining equipment used at the Boggabri coal mine in New South Wales, Australia, is to be sold to Boggabri Coal Operations (BCO), part of the Idemitsu Group, following the exercise of an option between BCO and Golding Contractors, a subsidiary of NRW Holdings. The transaction for the fleet, which includes 38[…]

Following the recent news that Ekaterinburg-based Uralmashplant JSC (UZTM), part of the UZTM-KARTEX Group, the leading Russian manufacturer of mining equipment, had won a tender for supply of five walking draglines to the leading Indian mining concern Coal India Ltd (CIL) for over $350 million, the cooperation between the two groups continues with CIL now[…]

The list of patrons getting behind the Austmine-brokered Charge on Innovation Challenge continues to grow as copper mining majors Codelco and Freeport McMoRan, gold miner Gold Fields and leading coal miner Yancoal join founding patrons Rio Tinto, BHP and Vale along with recent patrons Roy Hill, Teck, Boliden, Thiess and Antofagasta Minerals. The Expression of[…]

Two of the most experienced global experts in in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) technology application in mining are Phil Morriss and Doug Turnbull, who amongst other positions formerly held have been Sandvik VP Mining Technical Services and Principal Mining Engineer, Sandvik Mining Systems, respectively, but have also completed extensive work on a consultancy basis specialising[…]

Stanwell’s Meandu coal mine in Queensland, Australia, has taken delivery of a new Cat D11 dozer from local distributor Hastings Deering. Ensuring safe and efficient operation, the dozer provides operators with full command, as well as delivering higher productivity at lower cost, Stanwell said. The mine, owned by Stanwell, has a 7 Mt/y thermal coal[…]

On the morning of June 30, 2021, Liu Jianping, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of energy company SPIC Inner Mongolia and a delegation went to Huolinhe open-pit coal mine to inspect the remote control electric rope shovel project jointly deployed by shovel manufacturer Taiyuan Heavy Industry (TYHI) and technology company BuilderX. The drivers[…]

Thiess has been selected as the preferred mining services contractor for the Mount Pleasant thermal coal operation in New South Wales, Australia. MACH Energy has notified Thiess of its intention to enter into exclusive negotiations to finalise the terms with the view to execute a mining services contract, it said. Under the contract, Thiess will[…]

Interesting news from two of the largest US coal mining operations. NACCO Industries, Inc has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Falkirk Mining Company, has entered into a new Coal Sales Agreement (CSA) with Rainbow Energy Center, LLC that becomes effective concurrent with Rainbow Energy’s acquisition of the Coal Creek Station power plant in[…]

BEML’s largest hydraulic diesel driven mining excavator to date, the 180 t class BE1800D, is now finally in operation after successful commissioning at Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL). BEML launched and handed over the much-awaited machine in April 2021 at its Earth Movers Division (EMD) located at its Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) factory site about 100[…]

In a groundbreaking statement on decarbonisation issued today by India’s Ministry of Coal, in a bid to reduce carbon footprint, state owned Coal India Ltd (CIL), one of the largest mining groups in the world, has put a “special thrust on energy efficiency measures” and is forging ahead with a series of steps to offset[…]