Archives: Mine ventilation

Panoramic Resources says underground development at the Savannah nickel project in Western Australia is moving ahead as planned, with both its raisebore contractor and contract miner striving towards the ASX-listed company’s first half 2021 restart goal. In a progress update, the company said mining contractor, Barminco, had completed the 468 m horizontal underground development drive,[…]

In Codelco’s El Teniente Division in the presence of the Minister of Mining, Baldo Prokurica, Minister of Economy, Lucas Palacios, the Executive President of Codelco, Octavio Araneda and the CEO of Engie Chile, Axel Levêque, one of the first all-electric mining trucks in the country’s mining industry, an SMT Scharf E-Cruiser, has been commissioned. Soon[…]

Sandvik and Ontario’s Northern College have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to, they say, work collaboratively to enhance existing battery technician training modules, and develop a new program to educate service technicians and support the growing requirement for specialised battery-electric vehicle (BEV) technicians in the mining industry. The Northern College Battery Electric Vehicle[…]

Electrification specialist Equipmake says it has readied a range of high performance yet cost-effective advanced electric motors for mining equipment and vehicles, “bringing major benefits in terms of power density, low running costs and reduced emissions.” Based in Norfolk, UK, Equipmake primarily provides EV technology to automotive OEMs and specialist supercar manufacturers, producing everything from[…]

As of October 1, 2020, CFH Group, the owner of Compact Filter Technic (CFT) GmbH, has increased its shareholding in mining ventilation fans major Korfmann Lufttechnik GmbH to 100% from the previous 40.72% acquired in 2001. CFT is a leading supplier of ventilation, cooling/heating, methane drainage and dedusting solutions to the mining industry “The company[…]

Matrix Design Group is to introduce Maestro Digital Mine’s Plexus PowerNet™ networking system to the US market following the signing of a distribution agreement between the two companies. Plexus PowerNet, the first coaxial-based gigabit network, provides both data and power over a single cable, according to Canada-based Maestro. The system delivers a high-speed, low-latency digital[…]

With mining operators under growing pressure to perform in the face of falling ore grades, the need to drill deeper in search of new resources and an industry-wide skills shortage, the ability to leverage reliable and flexible communication systems is growing in importance, writes Martin Killian*, IoT Solution Architect at Speedcast. Leading mining operators have[…]

DSI Underground has signed a new joint venture agreement with ABC Canada to, the companies say, strengthen the safety level for underground mining and tunnelling. On September 1, DSI Underground Ventilation Systems was officially launched. The product portfolio of the new joint venture will include Flexline™ and semi-rigid Hardline™ flexible vents for positive and negative[…]

Zitrón says it has recently successfully delivered the primary ventilation system for OZ Minerals’ Malu underground copper-gold mine at the Prominent Hill operation in northern South Australia. The project involved the Zitrón Australia team designing, constructing and commissioning a tailor-made system powered by two of the biggest underground axial fans ever installed in Australia. Each[…]

Becker Mining Systems has released a new customisable gas monitoring unit that, the company says, is reliable in all mining environments. The smartsense® Single Gas Monitor SSSG-100 has been manufactured for everyday safety, Becker says, with the IS-designed terminal module available in two versions: equipped with an on-board sensor to provide an all-in-one environmental monitoring[…]