Archives: Coal technology

DRA Global subsidiary G&S Engineering Services has been awarded the Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract for Adani Australia Mining’s coal handling plant (CHP) at the Carmichael Project in Central Queensland, Australia. The scope of work will include delivery of a ROM bin, crushing circuit, stackers, stockpile, train load-out facility, and all associated infrastructure. The[…]

In a tightening economy the focus shifts to maximised return on investment. Increasing beneficiation process outputs whilst simultaneously adhering to safety regulations and minimising maintenance can be challenging. To sustain and ideally grow profitability and quality, one option is for processing plants to align themselves with suppliers that can customise solutions to fit specific applications.[…]

WEG Electric CIS, a subsidiary of WEG based in St Petersburg, has been awarded a contract to supply two flame-proof motors for the primary ventilation system of the Chertinskaya-Koksovaya mine in Russia. Partnering with Ventprom, a manufacturer of underground ventilation equipment, WEG has developed unique, explosion-proof motors to meet the challenging conditions of a large-scale[…]

As sustainable processing of the world’s natural resources is becoming a norm within industries like mining, newly formed Metso Outotec says it is actively driving the transformation. The company says: “Growing interest towards the environment and the impacts of climate change, urbanisation, decreasing ore grades and electrification are forcing traditional industries like aggregates, minerals processing[…]

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has announced a A$100 million ($69 million) investment and new jobs as part of the introduction of 34 autonomous trucks at its Daunia mine in central Queensland, Australia. The first retrofit trucks will begin working from February next year, with the rollout expected to be completed by the end of 2021,[…]

Exxaro has marked a significant safety milestone this month, with the Plant and Central Engineering Workshops (CEWS) – work areas within the organisation’s Matla coal mine, in South Africa – achieving 730 lost-time injury (LTI) free days. This achievement is equivalent to two years of zero mine worker LTIs, the company said. The accomplishment forms[…]

The US Department of Energy (DOE) says it intends to make approximately $122 million available to establish coal product innovation centres that focus on manufacturing value-added, carbon-based products from coal, as well developing new methods to extract and process rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal. The DOE anticipates funding innovation centres in multiple[…]

Metso says it has been awarded a contract for the design, supply and installation of a railroad car dumper system for CSX Transportation in the USA. The new twin cage tandem rotary car dumper system will be used for the unloading of coal from railroad cars at the CSX Curtis Bay Export Terminal, in Baltimore,[…]

Tiefenbach Control Systems GmbH says it has received a follow-up order from China to plan and supply a second complete electro-hydraulic control system for a second set of the world’s largest roof supports to date, the ZY26000/40/88D model. The order from the roof support manufacturer ZMJ (Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co Ltd) has a[…]

SUEK says it has commissioned a new flotation unit at the Kirov coal wash plant in the Kemerovo region of Russia. The technology, introduced at SUEK for the first time, maximises washing efficiency of coal fines (0-0.35 mm), producing a high-quality concentrate (calorific value over 6,600 kcal) with an ash content of 8-9% from a[…]