Archives: Coal technology

With Mikko Tepponen now in place as the new Chief Digital Officer (CDO), FLSmidth says it will accelerate both the digital transformation of its own business and its portfolio of digital offerings aimed at optimising customer operations in the mining industry. Tepponen arrives with proven experience in driving transformation journeys in other large industries and[…]

Adani has awarded its largest construction contract for the Carmichael Project to date to Queensland-based BMD, taking the total value of contracts awarded to over A$1 billion. Adani Mining CEO Lucas Dow said BMD had been awarded a A$350 million plus contract to deliver civil construction works for the Carmichael Rail Network, delivering jobs and[…]

Macmahon Holdings is to help increase production at the Byerwen mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin after securing an expansion and three-year extension of its work at the coking coal operation. Macmahon has been providing open-pit mining services at Byerwen since the establishment of the mine in November 2017 and employs more than 430 people on[…]

Tetra Tech is a leader in developing solutions to support the operational safety of geotechnical and natural structures. On a global scale, tailings dam breaches are increasing in frequency, causing significant damage to the environment and even loss of life. To mitigate these catastrophic events in the future, Tetra Tech says it has developed microseismic[…]

LDO Group of New South Wales is looking to capitalise on the push toward reducing diesel emissions in underground mining operations in Australia by supplying Rokion battery-powered crew and utility vehicles that not only decarbonise mining environments, but also potentially boost mine productivity. LDO has held the exclusive distributor mantle for Canada-made Rokion battery-powered vehicles[…]

Rockhampton and regional Queensland are set to benefit from a new A$9 million+ contract awarded to Stresscrete to manufacture girders and supply concrete box culverts for the Carmichael Rail Project. The 200 km rail line will connect the Carmichael mine to the Abbot Point Port by linking up to existing rail infrastructure. Adani Mining CEO[…]

In a recent online article, Michał Zagdański, Export Engineer in the Service Centre of Poland’s mining equipment major FAMUR, outlined some recent successes for the company in penetrating India’s coal mining market with its technology. The company now has three machines in operation in the Indian mines, namely the EZ-K10 bolting and drilling rig and[…]

South Africa-based Integrated Pump Rental has recently come to the rescue of a coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal, providing fit-for-purpose dewatering equipment to prevent flooding in the open pit. The unexpected failure of one of the mine’s own pumps came at a bad time. The national COVID-19 lockdown meant it would be some time before pump[…]

SMT Scharf AG is a leading global mining men and materials transportation solutions provider, both through its home operation in Germany supplying suspended roof monorails (diesel, electric and battery) and floor mounted (trap-guided) duorails with rack-and-pinion drives for both coal and metallic mines as well as its ownership of trackless mobile equipment manufacturer RDH Scharf[…]

The Bachatsky opencast coal mine of UK Kuzbassrazrezugol JSC (KRU, part of UMMC) has formally commissioned an EKG-18M rope shovel, the first updated model of this flagship shovel from Uralmashplant (UZTM). Toward the end of 2020 the company will supply four more machines of this class to KRU. UZTM is part of UK UZTM-KARTEX LLC,[…]