Archives: Coal technology

Measures to limit emissions and diversify China’s economy are having real results on the nation’s coal usage, according to Sarah Liu, Deputy General Manager of Fenwei Energy. Liu – who will give a keynote presentation at the International Mining and Resources Conference and Expo in Melbourne in October on the ‘Latest change in China policy[…]

The start-up of Exxaro’s Belfast coal mine in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, has been aided by Concor Infrastructure’s work on building dams, roads, platforms and other infrastructure, the infrastructure group said. At work since October 2017, Concor Infrastructure is constructing four major dams, 26 concrete platforms and terraces, 37 internal roads of 16 km in[…]

A modern roadheader system equipped with a Komatsu Mining-manufactured bolter miner has been handed over to Polish coal miner JSW during celebrations in Tychy, Silesia. The event, which featured a demonstration of the system’s capabilities, acted as a precursor for the hardware being delivered to the Budryk mine in Ornontowice, one of the deepest hard[…]

At an investor day presentation last week, Whitehaven Coal Chief Operating Officer, Jamie Frankcombe, confronted the topic of autonomous haulage systems (AHS), spelling out why the Australia-based coal miner is planning to leverage this technology at its expanding Maules Creek operation in northwest New South Wales, Australia. In what was an honest assessment of AHS[…]

According to news agency Xinhua, China’s largest hard coal producer Yangquan Coal Industry Group has inked a framework agreement with China Mobile and Huawei on promoting 5G-based intelligent mining. The new alliance, based on the advantages of 5G in both underground and surface mining, is expected to explore the applications of the 5G network in[…]

Becker Mining Systems has demonstrated the possibilities of a modern longwall system in a planned delivery to Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa’s (JSW) Budryk coal mine, in Poland. The longwall complex produced by Becker Warkop Sp.zoo, in Poland, is one of the most modern in the industry, according to the company. It will work in Europe’s deepest[…]

Thiess has been awarded a six-year A$1.3 billion contract extension by Coronado Global Resources Inc to provide mining services at the Curragh Mine in Queensland, Australia. Under the extension, Thiess will continue to provide overburden removal and haulage, mining and run of mine rehandling services, equipment maintenance and pit dewatering. Located in the metallurgical coal-rich[…]

A recent spate of solid/liquid separation activity and requirement for reliable and cost-effective dewatering equipment in Australia has highlighted the suitability of the DELKOR Horizontal Vacuum Belt Filter (HBF) for this very application, says Tenova TAKRAF. DELKOR’s extended range of HBFs provide cost effective continuous slurry dewatering and cake washing for an extensive range of[…]

A partnership was recently formed between Whitehaven Coal and FLSmidth to develop and trial the HFC1300 Series 2 Fine Coal Centrifuge at their Maules Creek operation. Their coal handling process plant (CHPP) was ideal for this project as the Series 2 machine could be tested in parallel with four existing Series 1 units. Whitehaven Coal’s[…]

Metso is expanding its remote monitoring services for the mining industry by opening its first Metso performance centre in Santiago, Chile, and by building up capabilities for a second centre in Changsha, China. Additional centres will be opened in major mining regions during 2020-2021. The new state-of-the-art Metso performance centres offer “continuous automated monitoring, improvements[…]