Archives: Coal technology

Dozer operators at Anglo American’s Capcoal Complex in Queensland, Australia, are in training to embrace remote control technology to improve operator safety on site, the company says. The operation, near Middlemount, is trialling a remote-controlled stockpile dozer ahead of plans to retrofit the entire fleet. Anglo American, which operates five steelmaking coal mines across the[…]

Thiess says it has been awarded a four-year contract extension with BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) for the Caval Ridge metallurgical coal operations in Queensland, Australia. With a revenue of A$580 million ($383 million), the contract sees the company continuing to provide mining services at the Caval Ridge mine, operating and maintaining mining equipment to move[…]

TAKRAF South Africa says it has provided design, engineering and construction support services for the third phase of a major backfill project for a coal mining complex in Limpopo, South Africa. The project comprises the extension of one of the mine’s backfilling systems, which are used to convey and deposit the plant discard materials in[…]

PT Delta Dunia Makmur Tbk, through American Anthracite SPV I, LLC, a subsidiary under PT Bukit Makmur Internasional (BUMA International), has entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (SPA) for strategic acquisition of Atlantic Carbon Group, Inc. (ACG), the second largest Ultra High Grade (UHG) anthracite producer in the US. The transaction is expected to complete[…]

Large electric mining shovels represent major multi-year investments for mining operations and as such their maintenance planning, particularly in relation to major overhauls, plays a crucial role over the lifetime of these machines. Three major mining operations have recently given updates in relation to repairs and service of these prime loading tools – namely Glencore’s[…]

It was back in March 2021 that IM first revealed Komatsu’s power agnostic strategy for its mining truck future. It committed to the development of ‘power agnostic’ dump trucks that could operate with a variety of power sources – such as engines, batteries, trolley systems and hydrogen fuel cells – by 2030. Since then it[…]

Mine owners across Europe are looking at a new form of underground energy storage to offer a low carbon future as operations wind down. Active deep mine operators in Slovenia, Germany, The Czech Republic and Finland are all examining how underground gravity energy storage – provided by Edinburgh firm Gravitricity – could offer green opportunities to[…]

EACON Mining says it has once again demonstrated its expertise in the field of opencast coal mining with its 6th AHS contract. The latest project is the Shitoumei coal mine in northwest China with reserves of 10 billion tons and an annual production capacity of over 15 million tons. EACON deployed more than 20 hybrid[…]

Caterpillar Inc has released its 2023 Annual Report, Sustainability Report, Diversity & Inclusion Report and Lobbying Report. Starting with the full annual report and looking at Caterpillar’s overall 2023 results, the numbers are good, but don’t actually represent overall increased sales volume, rather better achieved pricing. Resource Industries’ total sales were $13.583 billion in 2023,[…]

On April 23, Caterpillar dealer Barloworld Mongolia successfully organised a key delivery ceremony of equipment at Khuren Tolgoi Coal Mining LLC in Gurvan Tes, Umnugovi. The new fleet includes a Caterpillar 395 excavator, three Caterpillar 777 dump trucks, a Caterpillar 988K wheel loader and Mongolia’s first next generation Cat 6060 hydraulic mining shovel in face[…]