Archives: Mine ventilation

As part of its work towards eliminating occupational disease, Teck has completed a pilot project using an innovative combination of on-the-ground data and video technology to help better understand potentially harmful dust exposures at a task level. The Nanozen pilot project, completed in 2020, was devised to understand task level exposures so the company could[…]

In Canada and some other countries with Arctic mines like Russia, as well as some high-altitude mines, the cold ambient surface temperatures require mines to use air heating. It is not for underground comfort – it is primarily to prevent shaft freeze up including utilities such as water that are entering the mine via the[…]

In December 2020, SIEMAG TECBERG and TNC Kazchrome JSC signed a contract for the delivery of shaft hoisting systems. Kazchrome is a fully integrated mining and metallurgical company in Kazakhstan covering all stages of the value chain from geological exploration to underground mining and the extraction of raw materials to the production of metallic products.[…]

The Redpath Group recently secured the sale of six Redbore raise drills destined for the Chilean market. Four of the drills are Redbore 50 MDURH model machines (multi-directional up-ream hydraulically powered drills), whereas the other two machines are of the Redbore 60 UR and Redbore 65 models, respectively. All six drills were designed, manufactured and[…]

In Q1 2021, dynaCERT says it has shipped or received confirmed orders of its flagship HG-1 HydraGEN™ technology units as well as its sister HydraGEN™ HG2 and HG-4C and HydraGEN™ HG-6C large capacity units to international mining companies operating in Russia, China, Brazil and Peru through sales to its arms-length dealer H2Tek specialising in the[…]

Fortescue Metals Group today announced an agreement with Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) to design, build, test and integrate a battery system to power an electric mining haul truck, as an important first step to decarbonising its mining haul fleet. The project includes the design and construction of a bespoke battery-electric powertrain with the ability to[…]

Leading companies in the mining industry are taking real steps towards decarbonisation. Over a dozen mining and service companies have joined forces to create the new Electric Mine Consortium with the ambition to accelerate progress towards the fully electrified zero CO2 and zero particulates mine. Similar to EMESRT for safety but focussed on electrification, the[…]

Epiroc has announced a new strategy to support the underground mining market in North America. The company has consolidated resources and application experience to approach the US and Canadian segments as one North American market. It says this new structure will help meet increasing demand for electrification solutions that deliver savings on maintenance, ventilation and[…]

Canadian Malartic Mine (CMM) has announced that both of its 50:50 owning partners, Yamana Gold Inc and Agnico Eagle Ltd, have approved construction to transform the Odyssey Project in Quebec into the Odyssey Mine over the coming years. The state-of-the-art future Odyssey gold mine will feature an LTE mobile communication network, an automated fleet of[…]

The Redpath Group reached a milestone this week, as the company completed an 875 m by 6.3 m diameter raise at the Niobec underground niobium mine in Québec, Canada. The raise is the largest by volume ever completed in the Americas and in the northern hemisphere. It is also the third biggest globally. The Redbore[…]