Archives: Mine ventilation

Today Epiroc and Gold Fields Australia formally entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on the development of the next generation of electric drive hybrid underground mine trucks. The companies will work in a formal partnership to develop and test a proof of concept for the 65 t class Minetruck MT65 E-Drive with[…]

Global gold miner Agnico Eagle Mines has just published its 2022 Climate Action Report, the first released in connection with its Net-Zero by 2050 emissions target. President & CEO Ammar Al-Joundi states: “Our climate reduction strategy is integrated with our business strategy and revolves around three strategic pillars: performance; pipeline; and people.” He adds: “We[…]

In a rapidly consolidating sector for primary underground load and haul machines, Olifantsfontein, South Africa-based Rham Equipment remains one of the few smaller, innovative and nimble players – which has enabled it to stay at the forefront of development and customisation in areas like battery electric power. The company had already built South Africa’s first[…]

Electricity is one of the biggest expenses associated with underground mining. Ventilation often accounts for 25% to 40% of the total energy costs and 40% to 50% of the total energy consumption of a mine operation. Systems used to ventilate underground mines and the total fan power installed in a single mine operation can easily[…]

One year after the commercialisation of MineHarmony, Huawei has announced that operating system has entered the stage of large-scale commercial use, as 5G+AI takes smart mining into a new phase. Speaking at the recent Huawei Connect 2022 event, Ken Hu, Rotating Chairman of Huawei, emphasised the company’s dedication to working with partners to help industry[…]

Biothermica Technologies Inc, a Canadian cleantech corporation, has announced the delivery and full operation of its first full-scale Vamox® unit developed for the abatement of ventilation air methane (VAM) from one of the largest metallurgical coal mines in Buchanan County, Virginia (USA) owned by Coronado Global Resources, an Australian public corporation listed on ASX. Approved[…]

Newcrest Mining Ltd has made two major announcements with regard to future mine development and expansion at its Telfer and Cadia gold operations – located in Western Australia and New South Wales, respectively. Most recently it has announced that the Board has approved progression of the Cadia PC1-2 Feasibility Study to the Execution Stage; which[…]

In a world-first, WA-based gold miner Westgold Resources and leading Caterpillar equipment provider WesTrac will put a new hybrid diesel-electric underground loader to work at the miner’s Midwest operations. Westgold’s recent purchase of the new Cat R2900 XE Underground Loader it says is focussed on achieving a range of improvements in productivity, efficiency and sustainability[…]

A demonstrator of the first ever tophammer battery-electric drill rig from Epiroc, SmartROC T35 E, is being presented at bauma 2022. Epiroc cites the rig is an important step in the shift towards zero emission drilling in surface mines and quarries all over the world.The design of SmartROC T35 E is based on the well-proven[…]

One of the innovative machines Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions showcased at this year’s Innovation in Mining customer event in Tampere, Finland, attended by IM, was its fully electric concept rig, based on the compact CommandoTM DC300Ri top hammer drill rig.  Sandvik says the concept drill rig is essentially a versatile R&D platform for demonstrating[…]