Archives: Mine ventilation

KGHM is tapping natural gas to provide a ventilation and cooling/heating solution at its circa-1,300-m-deep GG-1 shaft in Poland. The copper miner says technical acceptance of this surface air conditioning station is underway. The investment is of key importance to the company, enabling personnel to work at a depth of around 1,300 m where the[…]

RPMGlobal has announced an increase in funding for its optimisation software development program after receiving industry funds to further support the ongoing development of its decision support software for underground mining. The support has been given by the government of Ontario through the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), an organisation that supports innovators to commercialise[…]

ABB in Australia recently developed an innovative electric charging solution for Glencore’s CSA copper mine in New South Wales (NSW), based on technology that will enable the transition to electric vehicles for mining companies both locally and globally. The CSA Mine at Cobar is one of Australia’s highest grade copper mines. The underground mine, which[…]

Clayton Equipment Ltd based in Burton-on-Trent, UK has sold and delivered five (with an option for a sixth) CB12.5 state of the art lithium-ion battery locos for Glencore’s Onaping Depth nickel-copper mine in Sudbury, which are notable as being the first Li-ion battery electric machines to be operational on site. These will operate on the[…]

The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Canada’s Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister Responsible for FedNor, has announced an investment of C$1.3 million to enhance and expand the capabilities of the NORCAT Underground Centre with a series of initiatives in direct alignment with the federal government’s Critical Mineral Strategy. This includes, among others, the mandate to drive[…]

Ventilation solutions provider, Howden, says it is continuing to register strong demand for ventilation on demand (VoD) solutions from the mining sector, on continual cost control measures, improved safety requirements and the evolving need to chart emissions underground. The company recently added Cooling on Demand (CoD) functionality to its Ventsim CONTROL software, which reflects this[…]

After a hugely successful first two Electric Mine conferences – Toronto, Canada, in 2019, and Stockholm, Sweden, in 2022 – things have really moved up another level with The Electric Mine 2023, which will return to North America in May 2023 fully charged with brand new content and a world-class speaker list.  The Electric Mine[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions says it has secured an order for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from BHP for the Jansen potash project, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Jansen Stage 1 is being designed with a focus on sustainability and technology and the battery-electric loaders will be used in the most advanced potash mine[…]

Howden says it has secured a contract for the upgrade of an existent licence of its Ventsim™ CONTROL ventilation system at the Agnico Eagle-owned Fosterville Gold Mine in Victoria, Australia. The initial installation of Ventsim CONTROL Level 3 (scheduling and flow control) has already greatly improved the operability and flexibility of the ventilation system, as[…]

Glencore’s Onaping Depth is a major new nickel and copper mine set to start production in 2024 but first discovered in 1994 located in the north-western portion of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) in Ontario, underneath the existing Craig mine but also near the Fraser mine and the Strathcona Mill. It is estimated to contain[…]