Archives: Coal technology

Cokal has entered into a binding agreement with PT Harmoni Panca Utama (HPU) to provide contract mining services for development and mining of the Bumi Barito Mineral (BBM) coking coal project in Indonesia. The ASX-listed company named HPU as the preferred tenderer to provide contract mining services for the project back in November. The five-year[…]

The major suppliers of mining equipment in China are working to evolve their offering to their mining clients beyond just equipment delivery towards becoming more full service aftermarket partners. Inner Mongolia North Hauler Joint Stock Co Ltd (NHL), the leading domestic player in mining truck supply, on January 6 started work at a new maintenance[…]

The Solntsevsky coal mine, the key mining asset of East Mining Comany (EMCO), written in Russian Vostochnaya Mining Company (VGK) for the first time reached a thermal coal production volume of 11 Mt at the end of 2020. Despite a general decrease in production rates in the Russian coal mining industry, EMCO upped its level[…]

MBU Capital says it has completed the aquisition of the Ben’s Creek Carbon mine, in West Virginia, USA, and has plans to extract the estimated 22 Mt of metallurgical coal reserves through highwall mining. Set over approximately 4,047 ha in Wharncliffe, West Virginia, the mine is serviced by an 8-km dedicated railway loadout, which gives[…]

Coal is still booming in India and highwall miners are a part of that to the point where one of the country’s leading Cat dealers, Gainwell, is now making these machines under license from Caterpillar over four years after it discontinued the business. IM Editorial Director Paul Moore spoke to Gainwell’s Dipankar Banerjee, Chief Operating[…]

Fortescue Metals Group Chairman and founder, Dr Andrew Forrest (pictured), has revealed the iron ore miner has plans to build Australia’s first “green steel” pilot plant this year. A commercial plant, powered entirely by wind and solar, could be constructed in the next few years he said in the first Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Boyer[…]

A provider of onboarding, training and contractor management solutions throughout Southern Africa is making a difference at Exxaro’s GG6 Expansion project at the Grootegeluk coal mine in Limpopo, South Africa. KBC Health & Safety has a long-standing relationship with Exxaro, with the latest contract involving classroom-based inductions at the Exxaro Grootegeluk Complex Marapong Training Centre.[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology recently completed the world’s first upgrade of a MB670 bolter miner to the latest MB670-1 design specifications. The customer was the Urgalugol company, which is part of one of the largest coal mining enterprises in Russia, SUEK JSC. Since 2013, the Sandvik MB670 has been in operation at the Severnaya[…]

DRA Global has won its second major contract on the Bravus Mining & Resources-owned Carmichael coal project, in Queensland, Australia, with the engineering firm set to deliver the project’s A$140 million ($108 million) coal processing plant. Bravus CEO, David Boshoff, said DRA was known for its exceptional service to the Australian resources sector, and previous[…]

Continental says it has “strategically sharpened” its profile as a provider of service and complete conveying solutions and therefore has opted to unify its portfolio under the Continental brand. In the future, all products, technologies and services, know-how and expertise will be combined under the Continental brand. “Decisive drivers are our customers. In this way,[…]