Archives: Coal technology

MacKellar Mining has almost doubled the size of its Liebherr T 264 off-highway haul truck fleet at Anglo American’s majority-owned Dawson open-pit metallurgical coal mine in central Queensland, Australia. The mining contractor has purchased another four Liebherr T 264 240 t trucks, adding to the fleet of five commissioned at Dawson in early 2020. The[…]

Civmec Ltd has been awarded a contract to manufacture wharf girders and associated structures for the development of port infrastructure at the Hay Point loading port, owned by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), in central Queensland, Australia. The BMA agreement will see Civmec make over 13,500 t of these girders and associated structures, with procurement and[…]

Glencore has entered a global agreement with Tre-Altamira to expand satellite monitoring to over 110 of its dams worldwide making this the largest industry monitoring agreement to date specifically focusing on Tailings Storage Monitoring. It will use InSAR technology which offers a robust and effective monitoring solution to support local geotechnical engineers in risk evaluation[…]

NRW Holdings Ltd has advises that its wholly owned subsidiary Golding Contractors Pty Ltd (Golding) have received a Letter of Direction from Coronado Curragh Pty Ltd to increase the mining equipment line-up at the Curragh main mine through the introduction of a 5th and 6th fleet in addition to its current mining operations. All major[…]

Macmahon Holdings has added another A$270 million ($201 million) of work to its books with the formal award of preferred contractor status at the Foxleigh coal project and a two-year contract extension for its GBF business at Pantoto Ltd’s gold operation. After being selected as preferred contractor in October, Macmahon’s work at the Foxleigh joint[…]

Mine Master’s new Face Master 2.8ATEX is a 30 t, multipurpose, self-propelled two boom drill jumbo on a wheeled chassis. The machine is designed for drilling blast holes and roof bolting in coal and other mines with explosive hazards from methane. Due to the applied innovative solutions in the design of the FM 2.8ATEX, focused[…]

DRA Global says it has continued to sustain its long-term client relationship with Exxaro Resources through the progressive engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract at the Grootegeluk coal asset in South Africa. Exxaro’s Grootegeluk is an open-pit coal mine, 20 km from Lephalale in Limpopo province. The mine produced 26 Mt/y final coal products,[…]

Wolff Mining, part of the National Group, has been breaking records at BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s (BMA) Saraji mine, having recently achieving a drilling milestone at the Queensland coal operation. Wolff Mining is known for its heavy earthmoving capabilities, being a key supplier of heavy earthmoving equipment to the mining sector on a dry hire or[…]

Metso Outotec says it is complementing its line of mobile and modular stationary crushing solutions with a sizer option specially designed for soft ore and aggregate applications. The new additions to Metso Outotec’s mobile Lokotrack® product line are equipped with Komatsu’s sizer technology, and are available in five models ranging from 500 to 4,500 t/h.[…]

XCMG has been unveiling a number of products with relevance for the mining industry this week at Bauma China in Shanghai. They include the what it says is the first Chinese intelligent & remote control three-boom drilling jumbo for mining & tunnelling, the XTZ3200 with “remote depth vision system”; the company’s largest wheel loader so[…]