Archives: Mine ventilation

Dana Incorporated has introduced the Spicer® Electrified™ with TM4® e-Hub Drive at the Bauma China show this week. This fully integrated electro-mechanical system for heavy-duty mining and construction applications leverages Dana’s portfolio of vehicle electrification technologies, according to the company. “Designed for underground mining trucks, large wheel loaders, and reach stackers, this e-Hub drive integrates[…]

Further to last week’s reports and tweets from the Volvo/Skanska ‘Electric Site’, advances in electric-driven technology and improved battery capacity are powering Volvo Penta’s pledge to offer electrified solutions by 2021. Its engineers are securing, testing and evaluating electric drive solutions that are set to help power the next generation of the company’s products. Collaboration[…]

Newmont Mining Corp has achieved commercial production at the Subika underground project, adding higher-grade, lower-cost gold production at the Ahafo mine in Ghana. Subika underground represents Newmont’s third profitable expansion in 2018 and its tenth completed project since 2013. It was delivered on schedule and within budget for about $186 million in development capital. Beginning[…]

Battery Power Industries (BPI) has provided the battery drive system for Manitou Southern Africa’s first electric telehandler. Manitou’s battery driven telehandler, the first of its kind, was unveiled earlier this year at Electra Mining Africa 2018, and has already found its first customer, mining infrastructure construction firm TDS Projects Construction. BPI designed and implemented the[…]

In December 2017, Redpath Australia was selected to be the Site Operator at Glencore’s Lady Loretta high-grade Pb-Zn (lead-zinc) orebody which will be mined at a rate of 1.6 Mt/y with the scope of work including the entire underground and surface operations, along with the associated facilities management on site. Redpath reports that to date[…]

Para Resources Inc has entered into a Services Agreement with Clark Construction Group, LLC, a Maryland, limited liability company which will provide contract mining services at its underground Gold Road mine in Oatman, Arizona. The contract is initially on a “time and materials” basis but will evolve into a Unit Pricing contract, which is presently[…]

Canada and Australia-focused Kirkland Lake Gold has helped Epiroc become one of the leaders in the underground battery-electric mining equipment market, Richard Riach, Global Senior Project Manager for the OEM, said at the company’s Power Change Days event in Örebro, Sweden, on Wednesday. The miner currently has some 33 battery-electric vehicles running around underground at[…]

OLKO-Maschinentechnik GmbH has ordered the electrical equipment for two Blair Multi-Rope machines (BMR) from Siemens. The hoisting winders are being used in the Woodsmith mine run by Sirius Minerals, a world leading producer of polyhalite, a unique multi-nutrient fertiliser in North Yorkshire, UK. One hoist will work as a so-called production winder for material hoisting,[…]

Master Drilling, listed on the JSE in South Africa and a world leader in the raise bore drilling services industry, has concluded a joint venture with Ghella SpA, a leading Italian construction company in the construction of major infrastructure projects worldwide. The Joint Venture will operate under the newly registered Italian company, TunnelPro and will[…]

GMG, in partnership with Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC), has published the much-awaited second version of their Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) guideline. The BEVs Guideline aims to drive technological development to enable diesel-free underground mines. BEVs can reduce both a mine’s operating costs and impact on the environment, but they also require mines to make[…]