Archives: Mine ventilation

In its just released 2021 Annual and Sustainability report, Australian gold mining major Evolution Mining reiterated its commitment to Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and 30% reduction by 2030 – aligned with the Paris Agreement. It included some references to Scope 1 emissions reduction through use of battery electric solutions in the medium[…]

Howden has launched the Ventsim CONTROL™ Service desk, a “powerful communications centre” designed to, it says, strengthen customer operations’ support. As part of its new service, every customer request will generate a code, creating a continuous queue of client requests with all necessary data. The reported issue is either resolved on the spot or escalated[…]

As part of the modernisation of production at its PJSC Gaisky GOK underground copper mine in Russia, Ural Mining Metallurgical Company (UMMC) has invested in a new fleet of Caterpillar 45 t class AD45 trucks, the first of which are currently being commissioned. In 2020 the mine produced 8.3 Mt of ore but is ramping[…]

Mine ventilation, refrigeration and cooling engineering consultant BBE Group has released the 2021 version of its flagship VUMA-network software to industry and at no cost. The move puts an advanced, industry-leading interactive mine ventilation network simulation tool in the hands of mine and ventilation engineers across the world. “Intense temperatures, humidity, diesel fumes and gasses[…]

Like the rest of the mining industry, Germany’s underground salt and potash mining major has ambitious climate targets. The company says it is currently working intensively on the topic of e-mobility. At its Zielitz potash mine, it says it is currently testing a BEV solution from mining equpiment major GHH based on a new generation[…]

At MINExpo 2021, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore sat down with Ville Laine, the Vice President of Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions’ new BHEV business unit, to find out about the company’s battery electric journey so far, the bringing together of Artisan and Sandvik, new investment, the customer experience and plans for the future When[…]

There is a long underground trolley haul heritage in mining that really took shape at the Kiruna iron ore mine in Sweden in the 1950s after which the Kiruna Trucks are named, then continued at sites like Zinkgruvan, also in Sweden, and which can also be seen in the industry with the trolley trucks still[…]

Nokia and AngloGold Ashanti Colombia, in collaboration with Epiroc, Sandvik, Tigo and OSC Top solutions, have conducted the first underground 5G mining trial in Colombia in Jerico. The statement said the successful trial “proves it is possible to safely, sustainably and efficiently deploy multiple mining use cases over a private 5G SA industrial-grade network in a challenging[…]

Rhyolite Resources Ltd has announced completion of the acquisition of Muckahi Inc, a company controlled by Fred Stanford that holds a license to the Muckahi Mining System. Rhyolite’s stated strategy is to be “a vertically integrated mining company focused on the development of mining assets amenable to our innovative Muckahi Mining System – an automatable[…]

Global mining solutions provider Sandvik foresees a strong momentum for electric mining equipment over the coming decade and anticipates that it could account for more than half of its equipment sales in underground mining by 2030. Sandvik expects growth in the market for electric equipment to continue to accelerate as it proves its potential through[…]