Archives: Coal technology

Whitehaven Coal has executed definitive sale agreements with BHP Group and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (together, BMA) to acquire 100% of both the Daunia and Blackwater coal mines in Queensland, Australia, for an aggregate consideration of $3.2 billion. Whitehaven says the transaction delivers significant value upside with attractive growth opportunities in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, including[…]

In early August 2023, Liebherr-Australia handed over a new 345.5 t R 9400 backhoe excavator to mining services customer Thiess at the Pembroke Resources Olive Downs Complex in Queensland. Not only was this Thiess’ first R 9400 on site, but the model is also equipped with Liebherr’s own D9812 series engine. This is the third Liebherr[…]

Since August 2023 EACON Mining Technology says it has begun autonomous haulage system (AHS) cooperation with two new projects, the Gobi Desert No. 2 Coal Mine, a subsidiary of the TBEA Group, and Huolinhe South Coal Mine, a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). The company said: “This represents a new stage in EACON’s[…]

Columbia Steel and its Australian distributor, 2MT, have announced that an agreement has been reached to manufacture dragline chain in Australia. This agreement comprises the sharing of intellectual property required to replicate the manufacture of Columbia Steel dragline chain to Columbia’s exacting standards. A statement from 2MT said: “As a result, we proudly introduce Australian-made[…]

Established in 2016, Tage Idriver (踏歌智行) is without question one of the original pioneers in the development of autonomous haulage in open-pit mines in China. It modified the first domestic large mining truck for autonomous operation at the Bayan Obo iron ore and rare earths mine, plus it designed China’s first autonomous haulage solution for[…]

DRA Global says it has secured the contract for a major design package for Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery Extension project located in New South Wales, Australia. As the preferred supplier, the DRA team will execute the detailed engineering and design and post Whitehaven’s Financial Investment Decision provide technical and project support services during the tendering, construction[…]

CIMIC Group’s minerals processing company, Sedgman, has secured an operations and maintenance contract at Pembroke Resources’ Olive Downs Complex in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia. The five-year contract is expected to generate revenue for Sedgman of A$125 million ($80.3 million). Sedgman and CPB Contractors, also a CIMIC Group company, have been working together to[…]

Following the launch of its groundbreaking AI-based Pangu Mining Model in July 2023, Paul Moore caught up with Jun Xu, CTO of Huawei’s Mining BU, to find out how this large model will help mines to achieve new levels of operational control and intelligence. A recent video highlighting some of the use cases can be[…]

Gainwell Engineering has delivered its first shield hauler, a 60 t class SH660 G, to metcoal mining customer Kestrel Coal in Australia. Gainwell’s Australian manufacturing hub, Gainwell Engineering Pacific Pty Ltd is in Gateshead, a suburb of Newcastle, NSW. The manufacturing business headquarters of the company is based in Kolkata, India, while the global business[…]

Energy group and lignite miner RWE says it is continuing to progress full speed ahead on green electricity production in the Rhenish mining district. Construction of a photovoltaics plant with integrated battery storage system has commenced at the Hambach lignite opencast mine, where RWE will install some 22,000 solar modules, enough to supply more than[…]