Archives: Mine ventilation

MICROMINE has announced the latest version of its field logging solution, Geobank Mobile 2019. Enhanced user interface control, data capture, camera integration, offline help and file exchange functionality are among the key features. Geobank Mobile 2019 is available for download now. Geobank Product Strategy Manager, Ian Whitehouse explained the new version boasted enhanced product functionality[…]

MacLean Engineering says its near-term focus in the first half of 2019 is the completion and delivery of its first battery-electric Ore Flow unit to Goldcorp’s Borden gold project in Ontario, Canada. Reflecting on a year of developments in 2018, the production support vehicle specialist said this unit – made up of an EV BH3[…]

LKAB, one of five companies invested in the Sustainable Underground Mining project (SUM), says it is hoping to move into test mode in 2020 with a number of projects aimed at making future mines carbon dioxide-free, digitalised and autonomous. SUM has four sub-projects that are closely interconnected. In one of the sub-projects, autonomous, smart and[…]

DEUTZ AG and Munich-based start-up KEYOU have agreed to build on their existing partnership and jointly develop commercially viable carbon-neutral hydrogen engines for off-road and on-road applications. The letter of intent, which will also include hydrogen engines for power generation, could see the two firms bring these engines to production readiness. Underground mining equipment manufacturers[…]

On 19 March 2019, a historic decision was made when Cumbria County Council (CCC) formally granted planning approval to West Cumbria Mining (WCM) to develop its Metallurgical Coal Project, which will be known as Woodhouse Colliery – a new underground mine, located on a brownfield site, to the south west of Whitehaven in West Cumbria,[…]

In its latest Financial Year 2019 H1 results (to end December 2018), South Africa-headquartered Murray & Roberts says significant growth has been recorded in its Underground Mining platform order book, which by the end of that period stood at ZAR25.7 billion and ZAR8.1 billion in “near orders” which it defines as “tenders where the Group[…]

In its most significant move since entering the international mining supply market, Australian company Minetek has revealed its patented secondary mine ventilation system which it says categorically offers power savings and control not yet seen in the underground mining industry. Minetek’s high output Axial Fan system uses a patented Mine Air Control (MAC) system to[…]

At the SME Annual Conference in Denver, Maestro Digital Mine has launched its latest digital solution, the EthernetI/O™. Maestro Digital Mine manufacturers Internet of Things (IoT) measurement and control instrumentation for the optimisation of underground mine ventilation and underground digital networks for last mile communication. Maestro’s EthernetI/O™ “provides both remote I/O functions as well as[…]

The Drainage Gallery Ore (DGO) deposit that forms the basis of Rio Tinto’s planned underground production mining operation beneath the Kennecott Utah Copper open pit, has the potential to be much more than a high-grade boost to the copper mill feed. It is part of a larger strategic opportunity to add value to existing operations[…]

Lundin Gold, the owner and operator of the Fruta del Norte gold project in southeast Ecuador, has announced its results for the year ended December 31, 2018. “During 2018 the team focused on the critical underground development and the start of construction on surface, and we are now halfway through construction,” said Ron Hochstein, Lundin[…]