Archives: Mine ventilation

Cummins Inc will debut the HSK78G natural gas generator series during the 2019 Middle East Electricity (MEE) at the Dubai World Trade Centre, March 5-7. “Fuelling the next generation of power, the series offers a total package of gas generator capabilities and innovative gas technology for prime and peaking power applications.” With a power density[…]

Building on a world first demonstration of fully autonomous transportation of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) using trackless VirtuRail® trains at the Brenner Base Tunnel project, in Austria, in December, MobileTronics is setting new goals. The demonstration took place on the construction site ‘Ahrental’ of the STRABAG and Salini Impregilo-owned project, near Innsbruck, with the[…]

The new Epiroc Serpent Automatic is a smart, automatic ventilation solution that guarantees optimal air quality for a safer and healthier underground work environment. Epiroc says it is now introducing several new upgrades which will help mining customers keep control over air quality and optimise running costs. Some of the new features include: vibration control,[…]

SIGMA is to deliver to Poland’s coal mining group Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW) an innovative system for cutting longwall faces and other areas in mines to be used for roadway excavation employing a specialist bolter miner. This is the outcome of many months of work on devising solutions to supplement the longwall face equipment with[…]

Lucara Diamond Corp has provided an update on the ongoing Feasibility Study for a potential underground operation at the company’s 100% owned and operated Karowe Diamond Mine located in the Republic of Botswana. In 2018, following the release of a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment, the company embarked on a $29 million technical program to support[…]

Redpath Black Diamond will be the primary contractor on Kirkland Lake Gold’s Holloway underground mine development project located in Matheson, Ontario and is currently hiring for a number of mining roles. The planned development will consist of waste and ore development in the Smoke Zone and Middle Zone consisting of approximately 1,590 m of development[…]

NORCAT, a leader in the development and provision of skilled labour training and innovation services for the global mining industry, has announced the opening of an office in Chile. “The new office will enable NORCAT to more effectively serve the growing base of clients and partners in Latin America and demonstrates NORCAT’s commitment to deliver[…]

NORCAT and Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations have launched a technology and innovation programme to facilitate and enhance the mining company’s capabilities to bring new, state-of-the-art technologies into its operations and accelerate the rate of technology adoption across the industry, NORCAT has reported. NORCAT, which calls itself a global leader in the development and provision[…]

Following the launch of the TLT-Turbo Africa, in the June quarter of 2018, Germany-based ventilation firm, TLT-Turbo, has concluded the consolidation of several South Africa-based operations to become, it says, the continent’s first and only complete, turnkey mining, energy and industrial ventilation solutions provider. TLT-Turbo Africa Managing Director, Luther Erasmus, said: “Over the past two[…]

Morien Resources Corp recently provided an update with respect to the company’s projects and ongoing corporate activities. Morien is a Canada based, dividend paying, mining development company that holds royalty interests in two, long life, world class, tidewater accessed projects. The Donkin Coal Mine commenced production in 2017 and the Black Point Aggregate Project was[…]