Archives: Power supply for mines

EACON Mining, a leading provider of autonomous haulage solutions, and MACA, a leader in mining services, are making waves at the highly anticipated The Electric Mine 2024 exhibition. The joint exhibition marks a significant milestone in their collaboration, showcasing pioneering advancements in electrification technologies and autonomous driving that are poised to reshape the future of[…]

Scania says it has started sales of autonomous mining trucks, “opening up for safer, more efficient and more sustainable mining operations.” The realisation of autonomous transport it says is taking a big step forward as Scania has opened up for orders of the company’s self-driving mining solutions. It is now possible to place orders for Scania’s[…]

Canadian miner Teck Resources’ renewable diesel and diesel-hybrid heavy vehicle fuel programs are going to advance the company’s decarbonisation agenda while bolder mobile fleet options maybe take longer than expected to emerge from the “sandbox”, Mobile Fleet Decarbonisation Manager, Peter Wan, said at The Electric Mine 2024 this week. Wan said at the event being[…]

Sleipner Finland has, this week at The Electric Mine 2024, unveiled a new generation of fully electric and autonomous transport system for moving mining and construction equipment. The world premiere of the new emission-free transport system took place on Tuesday in Perth, Western Australia, at the event, organised by International Mining Events. The first deliveries[…]

Planned electrification of the Cosmos underground nickel mine in Western Australia had no bearing on owner IGO’s decision earlier this year to shelve redevelopment due to low metal prices and project cost escalation, The Electric Mine 2024 heard this week. Acting COO of the diversified Australian miner, Chris Carr, said at the conference in Perth[…]

The leading supplier of niobium battery anode materials, Echion Technologies (Echion), and global contracting group in the resource and construction sectors, MACA, have entered into a partnership. This agreement, underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding, lays the foundation for MACA to access Echion’s state-of-the-art battery technology, utilising niobium-based XNO® anode materials. XNO® anode materials unlock[…]

A collaboration between IGO Ltd, Perenti and ABB has revealed that an all-electric underground fleet for the Cosmos nickel mine would be competitive with the existing all-diesel operating fleet that was planned. The Cosmos Underground Electrification Study is one of the first pre-feasibility level analyses of the technical and economic aspects of converting an Australian[…]

In another move towards further electrifying mining operations, Sandvik has initiated a pilot project to deploy a second-life battery energy storage system (BESS) at to-be-determined Glencore assets. The BESS is expected to support mine services such as lighting and light EV charging at the Glencore operations. Sandvik will study additional use cases during the pilot,[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is one of only two Platinum Sponsors of The Electric Mine 2024 event which is running from May 21-23 next week at Crown Perth. Amongst other things its participation includes a large delegation, two speakers, a Sandvik BEV underground customer panel in the conference line-up on Day 1, a Sandvik[…]

Global mining services provider and contractor Byrnecut has joined forces with South Metropolitan TAFE to help train the next generation of heavy automotive workers by donating a 60 t class diesel-electric underground mining truck. The diesel/electric haulage truck has retired from working in operational mines but will continue to serve industry by training mechanical and electrical[…]