Archives: Mine ventilation

Harte Gold has announced that commercial production has been achieved at the Sugar Zone Mine, effective January 1, 2019. Following a successful commissioning period, the Sugar Zone Mill is operating consistently at the permitted 575 t/d. Start-up, commissioning and commercial production was achieved within a three month period since receipt of commercial production permits. The[…]

Total Safety, a leading provider of integrated safety services and solutions in mining and other industries based in Houston, Texas, has announced that it has acquired Pivotal Safety, a full-service safety company serving Western Canada and based in Bonnyville, Alberta. “This acquisition enhances Total Safety’s geographic footprint in Western Canada, and will allow the combined[…]

Global engineering, construction, and project management company Bechtel has opened the Bechtel Mining & Metals Innovation Center to lead, it says, “the development of new technologies that boost productivity, promote environmental sustainability and improve worker safety for the copper industry.” The Bechtel Mining & Metals Innovation Center is the result of an initiative begun three[…]

Calandra Group, LLC an affiliate of ground control firm Jennmar, and ABC Technology Group USA have announced the formation of a new Joint Venture company, Turnstone Industrial Solutions, LLC. Turnstone Industrial Solutions will manufacture non-metal structural support systems, flexible ducting and semi-rigid polymer tubing products for mine and tunnel ventilation, industrial flexible ducting for temperature[…]

North American Palladium Ltd has signed a contract with Redpath Canada Ltd of North Bay, Ontario, Canada for underground mine development at its Lac des Iles mine. This is part of a major mine expansion that will take the mine from its current rate of just over 6,000 t/d to 12,000 t/d. The Redpath scope[…]

IM reported recently that Severstal was making massive investments to increase production by five times at its Yakovlevsky DSO iron ore mine in Russia, which is unusual for that commodity in being an underground operation. The aim is to reach 5 Mt/y by 2023 from the current capacity of just over 1 Mt. This includes[…]

In the interests of workplace health and safety, Weba Chute Systems has developed and patented certain flow designs for its equipment that keep dust levels as low as possible. According to Izak Potgieter of Weba Chute Systems, it is especially the smaller particles of around 0.3 micron in size that have the most serious impact[…]

Sandvik says it understands the underground hard-rock mining industry’s need for productive and safe mining with battery-electric vehicles and, as a result, is working on even more solutions to cater to this demand. Innovations and ideas for these future solutions are being discussed and validated in customer forums, participated by several major mining houses, and[…]

To increase outputs while reducing shutdown times, YanZhou Coal Mine Co Ltd in China is for the first time establishing a cloud concept for mine hoist, enabling it to centrally monitor production, analyse, and respond to insights from real-time data. Drawing on Siemens longstanding expertise in the mining industry and Industry 4.0, the solution will[…]

Peabody has completed its purchase of the Shoal Creek seaborne metallurgical coal mine from private coal producer Drummond Company, Inc for $387 million, reflecting customary purchase price adjustments. The acquisition includes the well-capitalised mine, preparation plant and logistical assets and excludes legacy liabilities other than reclamation. “This accretive Shoal Creek purchase represents a tremendous step[…]