Archives: Mine ventilation

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[…]

Advanced underground battery electric vehicles are to be put into use in Western Australia in world-leading production study. Leading gold producer Gold Fields will work with Sandvik to trial new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as part of a major production study to run over the next two years. Under a deal between the two companies,[…]

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) CEO Julie Shuttleworth and Fortescue Chairman Dr Andrew Forrest recently visited FFI’s research and development facility in Hazelmere, Perth, Australia where the FFI green team have been designing ground-breaking 100% carbon-free green hydrogen haul trucks. By the end of the decade, Fortescue has said its trucks will be running on renewable[…]

The Electric Mine Consortium (EMC) has launched the ‘Electric Mine Simulation’ crowd challenge in partnership with the OZ Minerals Think & Act Differently ideas incubator and Unearthed. OZ Minerals, IGO, South 32, Blackstone Minerals, Evolution Mining, Barminco and Goldfields have committed to significantly reducing their carbon footprint. These seven mining companies along with a number[…]

Ontario-based MEDATech has launched what it says is the “Deswik of underground fleet electric vehicle electrification” with its Electric Vehicle Fleet Optimization Software (EV-FOS). Built in MATLAB, MEDATech’s tool for simulation, data acquisition and industrial software development, EV-FOS approaches battery-electric vehicle (BEV) optimisation in mines from the practical (vehicle) side. Its goal is to ensure[…]

Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional, electric hybrid and fully electric vehicle propulsion solutions, is pleased to announce it has significantly expanded the electrification testing capabilities at its Vehicle Environmental Test Center, which will be rebranded as the Vehicle Electrification and Environmental Test Center (VE+ET). The branding has evolved to better represent[…]