Archives: Mine ventilation

Rapat Corporation says its complete line of enclosed conveyors help eliminate dust emissions, providing a solution for industries looking to meet OSHA’s updated silica-related regulations that went into effect in June 2018. “Perfect for silica sand, the Rapat Series ECTR is an industrial-duty, enclosed-frame conveyor with CEMA troughing and return idlers, which provide increased employee[…]

Master Drilling and its subsidiaries have entered into various sale of business agreements with Atlantis Group in respect of the proposed acquisition of the businesses of the Atlantis Group in the various countries in which these operate. The acquisitions relate to the purchase of the raiseboring businesses of the Atlantis Group in India, Brazil and[…]

Anglo American Platinum has signed a contract for Topsoe’s world-leading Wet gas Sulphuric Acid (WSA) sulphur emissions control technology for their platinum smelter facility in Polokwane, South Africa. The statement said: “The WSA technology ensures compliance with environmental regulations and offers a perfect match to the often challenging requirements of metallurgical smelters and roasters. WSA[…]

With oil and diesel prices on the rise around the world, GFS Corp is reporting increased interest in its EVO-MT® System for off-highway machinery. Much of this renewed interest is coming from the mining sector where the company’s products allow haul trucks, wheel loaders and drill rigs to operate on a combination of diesel and[…]

Understanding evolving customer needs as well as the legislative compliance for differing sectors has positioned Booyco Electronics to offer application specific safety related solutions to customers across a range of industries. Graeme Jardine, General Manager Field Services at Booyco Electronics, says that the company’s safety products portfolio has grown significantly since the company was first[…]

Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines and Lars-Eric Johansson, Chief Executive Officer, announced today that an independently prepared estimate has resulted in a significant increase in Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources at the company’s high-grade, Kipushi zinc-copper-silver-germanium mine in the DRC. The new Mineral Resource estimate is the first update to be issued for[…]

In 1992, a computer program called AIRNET 2000 was developed for MIM by Craig Stewart for MS-DOS desktop computers to import and graphically present and simulate models created on the mainframe ventilation system. Encouraged by the positive feedback from AIRNET 2000, permission was sought by Stewart to independently develop new software for Microsoft Windows called[…]

Last week, Epiroc’s Q2 2018 results published on July 19 were indicative of the general upward mood in mining. Orders received increased 21% to SEK 10,483 million, corresponding to 18% organic growth. The strongest order growth was achieved in the Equipment & Service segment. Orders received increased in all geographic regions with the exception for[…]

As the Global Centre of Excellence for Mining and Minerals, WorleyParsons’ South African operations have recently experienced a surge in the southern African platinum market, with a number of significant platinum projects to the combined value of almost ZAR100 million currently underway in sub-Saharan Africa. “A renewed focus on platinum, particularly in South Africa and[…]

Oz Minerals’ Carapateena underground copper-gold project in South Australia remains on track, with total development at 6,285m as of the end of June, the company said. Contractor Pybar Mining Services achieved record monthly development of 505m during May and, in accordance with Oz’s plan, transitioned over to Downer EDI for underground mining services in June[…]