Archives: Coal technology

Liebherr Mining’s latest addition to its excavator portfolio – the R 9300 Generation 8 (G8) – is now available for purchase. This new machine was first presented to an international audience at the 2022 Bauma exhibition in Munich and will take over from the R 9250 in the 250 t class. The R 9300 is[…]

Thiess Rehabilitation says it has secured a two-year contract with Idemitsu Australia’s Muswellbrook Coal Company (MCC) to deliver rehabilitation services at the Muswellbrook coal mine, in the upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Thiess Rehabilitation will conduct detailed design and construction of the post-mining landform, creating a combination of native ecosystem and pasture[…]

On 14 June 2023 FLSmidth and KOCH Solutions have signed an Asset Purchase & Transfer Agreement involving material handling technology that is part of the Non-Core Activities segment. As part of FLSmidth’s pure play Mining strategy focusing on core technologies and services, the Non-Core Activities segment was established in October 2022 with its activities and[…]

Thiess recently announced that it has secured an A$300 million expansion contract from PT Harum Energy Tbk at the Mahakam Sumber Jaya (MSJ) coal mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, running through until March 2026. The company will now also operate in an adjacent area to the current mining operations. The contract scope expands the current[…]

On June 6, Xuzhou-headquartered Chinese mining and construction equipment major XCMG held a special event celebrating its largest open-pit mining equipment that it refers to as its ‘three arrows’ – and displayed its new XES35 35 m3 electric rope shovel that only recently came off the production line. It joins its other largest class machines[…]

Intramotev, a pioneering technology company focused on developing autonomous, zero-emission rail solutions, has finalised an agreement with Iron Senergy to provide three ReVolt railcars for its 17-mile private rail line that transports coal produced by its Cumberland Coal Mine to its Alicia Harbor Facility located on the Monongahela River in Western Pennsylvania. It says this will be[…]

On June 6, Thiess Group Executive Assets, Technical Services and Technology Ramesh Liyanage and General Manager Mining Vikesh Magan joined Pembroke Resources Chairman and CEO Barry Tudor, and senior executives from Caterpillar, Liebherr and Hastings Deering, to mark the commencement of mining at the Olive Downs Complex in Central Queensland. The official moving of first[…]

Pembroke Resources says it is fast approaching the commencement of its Olive Downs mining operations in June, working together with mining contractor Thiess and key equipment suppliers like Caterpillar and its dealer Hastings Deering as well as shovel supplier Liebherr Mining and CHPP design and construction contractors like CPB Contractors and Sedgman Pty Ltd. Chairman[…]

Multotec, an industry leader in metallurgy and process engineering, is commemorating its 50th anniversary this year and says it is marking this milestone by reaffirming its position as a proudly South African company that can compete with top global competitors. The company was established in 1973, starting with an imported screening product from Germany intended[…]

India’s typical rigid mining truck class for many years has been 100 ton (91 t) represented by models like the locally made Caterpillar 777, BEML BH100 and Komatsu HD785. Looking at the 777 as an example, it has a long history – first produced in India way back in 1986 as the 777B and followed[…]