Archives: Coal technology

CIMIC Group’s global mining services provider, Thiess, has been awarded a contract extension by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) to provide mining services at the Caval Ridge coal mine in Queensland, Australia. The 12-month contract extension will generate revenue of A$110 million ($79 million) to Thiess, CIMIC said. Under the contract variation, Thiess will continue to[…]

Australian coal miner Whitehaven Coal exported 20.2 Mt of high-quality thermal and metallurgical coal in 2020 from its three open cut mines (Maules Creek, Tarrawonga, Werris Creek) and one underground (Narrabri) mining operation. The company is already well known for having commissioned the first Hitachi fully autonomous truck fleet in the world which is hauling[…]

Arq Ltd, an innovator in recovery and transformation of coal waste into an entirely new source of high-value energy, recently installed eight 18 ft Eriez® CavTube flotation columns in its first commercial facility located in Corbin, Kentucky. The Arq process converts fine coal waste into Arq Fuel™, a high value, microfine hydrocarbon with an average[…]

Anglo American has been recognised for the development and testing of a world-first remotely operated multi-pass drill at its Dawson coal mine, with the company recently taking out the JCB CEA Innovation (Miner) Award at the 2020 Queensland Mining Awards in Mackay. Driven by a commitment to make its open-pit operations safer by removing operators[…]

Ausenco has announced the acquisition of QCC Resources, a leading coal process and materials handling service provider headquartered in the Hunter Valley, of New South Wales, Australia. QCC is a globally recognised provider of coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) design and construction services in Australia and key overseas markets, most notably Africa, Canada, Indonesia and Russia, Ausenco says. It has assisted clients over the full project lifecycle from initial concept, prefeasibility and feasibility[…]

TAKRAF, formerly referred to as a Mining Division of Tenova, has announced that it has, as of October 5, 2020, revised its branding to now operate as TAKRAF Group which includes the TAKRAF and DELKOR brands. “The revised branding underlines our core strengths and value-adding proposition towards clients and partners within the mining and adjacent[…]

Liebherr Group recently commissioned its 100th PR 776 Litronic crawler dozer, a major milestone for this machine, which was launched only in 2016 and is manufactured in Telfs, Austria. Paul Moore spoke to Liebherr Area Sales Manager, Max Muench, about the journey so far with the powerful machine, which is mainly used in the mining[…]

Queensland looks like adding a new coking coal mine to its ranks after the state government approved mining leases for Pembroke Resources’ Olive Downs project. The granting of the leases follows approvals from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in early 2020, and the grant[…]

There have been a lot of misleading press reports in English in mining as well as general publications that seem to suggest that a recent deal struck between the Polish Ministry of State Assets and the Silesian branches of the coal miners’ Solidarity union translates to the end of all underground hard coal mining in[…]

IMDEX’s Blast DOG™ technology is gaining recognition, with the drill and blast innovation winning a Queensland mining award last week. IMDEX Blast DOG, being developed in collaboration with Universal Field Robots (UFR) and tested at Anglo American’s Dawson coal mine in Queensland, won the Greyhound Innovation (METS) Award at the 2020 Queensland Mining Awards. A[…]