Archives: Mine ventilation

Norway’s underground copper mine developer Nussir ASA has named northern Norwegian company Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner AS (LNS) as the key contractor for mine development and underground mining at the Nussir mine in Repparfjord, in Hammerfest municipality, Finnmark. A joint press release from Nussir and LNS states that the contract negotiations are expected to be[…]

Mobilaris Mining & Civil Engineering (MCE) is putting the power back in mining engineers’ hands with its new Event Automation platform, according to Hans Wahlquist, VP Business Development & Strategic Product Management for Mobilaris MCE. Having previously provided advanced software that optimises underground operations through its Mobilaris Mining Intelligence product family, the company is now[…]

Canadian company Rail-Veyor Technologies Global Inc won first place in the 4th annual Mining Cleantech Challenge on July 23, 2020. Along with winning the title, a $5,000 prize was awarded which RVTG announced would be used for education-based marketing to mining companies, engineering and consulting companies, and mining schools. The technology was chosen by mining[…]

A trial of pressure sensors to remove power from the longwall face and the expedition of longwall automation are two of the areas Anglo American is hoping will improve safety at its underground coal mines in Australia, following a methane ignition incident that occurred at its Grosvenor mine, in Queensland, on May 6. The company[…]

Leading supplier of ventilation, cooling/heating, methane drainage and dedusting solutions to the mining industry, Germany’s CFH GmbH, the 100% owner of Compact Filter Technic (CFT) GmbH, has established a new subsidiary in Moscow. “The Russian market is and has been of greatest importance for our company development in the past 20 years,” said Dr Reinhold[…]

WEG Electric CIS, a subsidiary of WEG based in St Petersburg, has been awarded a contract to supply two flame-proof motors for the primary ventilation system of the Chertinskaya-Koksovaya mine in Russia. Partnering with Ventprom, a manufacturer of underground ventilation equipment, WEG has developed unique, explosion-proof motors to meet the challenging conditions of a large-scale[…]

SHYFTinc says it has recently established a new technology initiative with Rentricity that will bring Rentricity’s innovative electricity production from gravity-fed or pressurised water pipelines fed directly into mines. Rentricity has successfully implemented its renewable energy in-pipe hydro within the drinking water industry since 2010.  It is now turning its attention to mining operations with[…]

Fura Gems has completed the transition from artisanal to fully mechanised mining at its 76%-owned Coscuez mine, with a new mining fleet now working underground at the Colombia operation. Following declaration of an NI 43-101 inferred mineral resource at Coscuez last year, which included a 3 Mt total grading 2 ct/t for 6 Mct contained,[…]

By the end of 2020, Vale hopes to have upward of 20 battery-powered vehicles operating within its North Atlantic operations, according to Alex Mulloy, Mining Engineer within Vale’s Base Metals Technology and Innovation division. The plan is for the electric vehicles (EVs) to be operating on a trial basis at its Creighton, Coleman, Copper Cliff,[…]

New Gold’s New Afton gold-copper project west of Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada has four general mining zones, located beneath and to the west of the Afton open pit. Current production is coming from the B1 and B2 zones (Lift 1) where there are two panel caves (west and east) in operation. Production commenced in[…]