Archives: Mine ventilation

BHP has announced that it has a new low emissions equipment trial underway at the Olympic Dam copper-gold-uranium mine in South Australia. It includes two Normet machines – the Utimec XL 1100 Agitator ED, the first in Australia, and the MF 050 VC Spraymec. The Utimec machine is built on the new low-emission Normet ElectroDynamic[…]

If the lifeblood of underground mines is the ore that must find its way to surface, then you could describe the ore passes as the mines’ arteries – and the innovative tube-and-fill method of rehabilitating ore passes from Murray & Roberts Cementation it says is proving safer and more durable. When the ground condition of[…]

Ventilation on demand not only reduces energy usage and costs in underground mines, it can help extend production and the lifespan of existing infrastructure as part of a suite of electrification and automation solutions, say Marcos Hillal, Global Product Line Manager, Automation, ABB, and Jan Nyqvist, Global Product Manager, Automation Underground Mining, ABB. By now,[…]

The Electric Mine 2024 has come out of the blocks with a world-leading OEM and top battery-electric mining technology innovator in one of the top sponsorship slots. We are delighted to announce that we will be working closely with Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions over the next year as one of only two Platinum Sponsors[…]

Earlier this year, Howden’s Lead Software Engineer, Benoit Dussault, told IM that the company was starting to delve into machine learning as part of the evolution of Ventsim CONTROL, and he recently provided a few more details about the impact this could have on its flagship ventilation optimisation system. The company’s aim for this project[…]

Huawei says it is bringing forth new industry opportunities and technological advancements driven by the AI wave. During a keynote speech at Huawei’s Developer Conference, Zhang Ping’an, Huawei Executive Director and CEO of HUAWEI CLOUD, unveiled the Pangu Model 3.0 and Ascend AI cloud services. These innovations aim to empower industry customers and partners and[…]

Normet has launched the latest addition to its broad concrete spraying equipment offering, the completely new battery-electric Spraymec MF 050 VC SD, specifically tailored for the needs of underground mining. Combining the proven Normet SmartDrive® battery-electric architecture with state-of-the-art spraying technology, it says the MF 050 VC SD offers “unrivalled concrete spraying results, superior operator[…]

Rio Tinto is investing in its Kennecott operation near Salt Lake City, Utah, to strengthen its supply of copper in the US by increasing production from underground mining and improving the health of key assets. $498 million of funding has been approved to deliver underground development and infrastructure for an area known as the North[…]

Eldorado Gold has confirmed it is testing Newtrax’s environmental monitoring platform and ventilation on demand (VoD) solution at the Olympias mine in Greece. Mine ventilation represents the single largest electrical load at the Olympias mine and, in response to the EU energy crisis and Eldorado’s own Energy and Carbon Management System, the company has been[…]

Mining location technology company GeoMoby has partnered with fellow Australia-based Digital Terrain to, it says, offer real-time monitoring of environmental conditions in underground mines. “Temperature and potentially lethal gases, such as carbon monoxide or methane, can easily be remotely monitored, recorded and alerts triggered if needed,” Mathieu Paul, Director of GeoMoby, says. Digital Terrain’s RDI-EMS[…]