Archives: Mine ventilation

Canada’s Nordmin Group has announced the creation of Nordmin Constructors Inc (Constructors), a company focused on providing full EPC solutions to the mining and industrial sectors across North America and around the world. Constructors joins Nordmin Engineering Ltd (Engineering) within the group. “Constructors is the manifestation of Engineering’s existing efforts in the industry, but expanded[…]

At 10.0 m in diameter and 1,284 m deep, The Redpath Group along with Hasu Megawatt, through their joint venture company, Dayan Contract Mining, has reached the bottom of the Number 2 shaft at the massive Oyu Tolgoi mine in the south Gobi Desert. Dayan Contract Mining (DCM) blasted the last bench January 13, 2018[…]

To further strengthen its existing range of world-leading mining brands – MinPro, Haus Herr, Salzgitter, Turmag and Perforator – HAZEMAG recently acquired the manufacturing, sales and in-field service rights of Deilmann-Haniel Mining Systems (DHMS) GmbH mining equipment. The deal also included the purchase of a significant number of in-service machines such as loaders, drill jumbos,[…]

Already very high international exhibitor participation is being recorded for the forthcoming Expomin mining show in Santiago, Chile, being held from 23-27 April 2018 at the Espacio Riesco exhibition centre and coinciding with International Mining’s own In-Pit Crushing and Conveying conference on 26/27 April 2018 in the same city at the DoubleTree by Hilton Vitacura[…]

At the end of last year, Australian-based manufacturer TERRATEC, marked the opening of a new office in Lima, Peru, to support its continued growth in the Central and South American Raise Boring Machine (RBM) market. The new office will focus on sales of new machines, as well as the ongoing servicing and maintenance of a[…]

Master Drilling Group, a world leader in specialised drilling solutions, will unveil its new disruptive Mobile Tunnel Boring (MTB) solution, at Investing in African Mining Indaba 2018 in Cape Town. MTB will be ready for commissioning in the third quarter of the year. Master Drilling’s internally conceptualised design and internationally patented MTB technology was developed[…]

For the excavation of vertical and inclined slot holes in underground mines, Herrenknecht developed the Boxhole Boring Machine (BBM) in 2011. It drills faster, safer and more economically than previous methods and equipment.In 2011 the BBM prototype was tested. Three years later, five BBMs were successfully operating in mines in Australia and Chile. Due to[…]

The benefits of variable speed drives (VSDs) are making this technology a popular choice among users of electric motors; now, with the introduction of the WEG Insulation System Evolution (WISE®) to all WEG motor lines, customers have full assurance that all WEG motors are VSD-compatible. “Not all standard electric motors are suitable to be used[…]

The decision to add a new Ph.D. specialisation in the Mining Engineering and Management Department at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology will increase research opportunities and funding, and develop critical collaborations. The Mining and Engineering Department recommended the Ph.D. mining engineering specialisation in response to increased interest from students; an increased need within[…]

Rapid battery charging is essential for efficient use of battery-powered equipment, both underground and on surface. John Chadwick is completing his article on battery power for the February issue – any editorial input to [email protected]. Roskill reports that a team of researchers from China’s Zhejiang University have developed a new type of aluminium-graphene battery “which[…]