Archives: Coal technology

CIMIC Group’s minerals processing company, Sedgman, has been awarded a contract to design and construct a tailings dewatering facility at QCoal’s Byerwen coal mine in central Queensland, Australia. The project will result in a lower operational risk profile, less power usage, and improved water recovery and management of dewatering chemicals, Sedgman says. Sedgman Managing Director,[…]

Komatsu says it is adapting its longwall mining equipment business to best meet customer needs to reduce costs and maximise performance by announcing a plan to provide Joy engineered Powered Roof Support (PRS) solutions through partnerships with PRS manufacturers. The company says it remains fully committed to supporting and serving the global longwall market by[…]

Mechel, one of Russia’s leading mining and steel companies, has launched a new longwall at the Southern Kuzbass Coal Company-owned V.I. Lenina underground mine in Russia. Investment in the new longwall totalled around RUB470 million ($6.4 million), the company said. The new longwall #0-16-10’s reserves are estimated at 435,000 t, with the average seam height[…]

Fortescue Metals Group is accelerating its carbon neutrality efforts, with the iron ore miner now expecting to achieve this ‘green’ milestone by 2030, 10 years earlier than its previous target. Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortescue, will be a key enabler of this target through the development of green electricity, green[…]

China Coal Beijing Coal Mining Machinery Co Ltd (BMJ) recently delivered a new set of 175 hydraulic roof supports to Russia’s Raspadskaya coal mining company, which is controlled by EVRAZ. The supports are for mining of number 48 seam in the Uskovskaya mine, which began in February 2021. The working face length is 300 m[…]

India’s Dilip Buildcon (DBL) has received a letter of acceptance (LOA) from Coal India-owned Mahanadi Coalfields Ld (MCL) for a Mine Developer cum Operator (MDO) contract for the development and operation of the huge Siarmal open cast project in the state of Odisha. The contract value is INR36,419.07 crore and the contract period is 25[…]

Thiess, in partnership with its client Glencore, has come up with a proactive approach to environmental management to ensure dust, noise and blasting emission impacts are minimised on local communities at the Mt Owen coal mine in New South Wales, Australia. Working together with Glencore, the team has developed a range of controls including leadership[…]

ABB has been awarded its first contract in China for ABB Ability™ Asset Vista Condition Monitoring by Shaanxi Chenghe Shanyang Coal Mine Co Ltd, installing the solution to streamline maintenance, minimise costs and optimise capacity at Shanyang Coal Mine in Heyang near Weinan City in China’s Shaanxi province. The digital solution has been installed at[…]

In late 2020, China Coal Pingshuo Group Company organised relevant personnel in a project to conduct a phased acceptance trial with a single intelligent driverless truck at the Antaibao open-pit mine, northern Shanxi Province, in a dedicated testing area. Pingshuo Group’s production technology management centre, technology centre, electromechanical management department, equipment management lease centre, open-air[…]

Teck Resources Ltd has announced that commissioning is now underway at its Elkview Saturated Rock Fill (Elkview SRF) expansion, which doubles the water treatment facility’s capacity to 20 million litres of water per day. The Elkview SRF has been achieving near complete removal of selenium and nitrate from up to 10 million litres of water[…]