Penumbra coal project, South Africa

Continental Coal has provided an update on the decline development activities at Penumbra for the month of April.

Penumbra coal project, South Africa

Continental Coal has started blasting activities to construct the twin decline development at the Penumbra mine.

Cat markets former Bucyrus line under its brand

Following the acquisition of German mining equipment manufacturer Bucyrus by multidisciplinary equipment company Caterpillar, the company has been introducing its new range of machinery to the mining industry.

De Wittekrans coal project, South Africa

The project will operate as a conventional opencast and underground mine, targeting production of between 3.6-million and 4-million tons of run-of-mine coal.

Penumbra coal project, South Africa

The mine is planned to produce 500 000 t/y of primary export thermal coal and 120 000 t/y of secondary domestic-quality thermal coal.

Sandvik enters new era with double-pass continuous miner

South African mining services provider Sandvik Mining and Construction has entered the double pass continuous miner arena with the launch of its proprietary MC470.

Continuous mining machine attracts interest from South African coal miners

International mining equipment manufacturer Bucyrus reports that its latest development, the 35M continuous miner, has attracted a lot of attention from South African colliery operators constantly on the lookout for machines that mine coal more...

08/04/2011 (On-The-Air)

South Africa is the real-life lab for new German mining equipment; South Africa receiving a measly $400/t for product that it could sell for $100 000/t and Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of a human being entering space for the very first time.

Pike River Coal negotiating short-term funding

New Zealand-focused coal-miner Pike River Coal has reported that it was currently in negotiations with potential funders for a short-term working capital facility, in order to sustain the rate of underground development at its coal project....

New continuous miner increases production

Mining machinery manufacturer Joy Mining is currently developing the world’s largest underground continuous miner, the Joy 12HM37, capable of cutting six metres of coal seam and increasing production by 50%, says Joy Mining technical director...

Coal hauler for Indian coal mine

State-owned coal mining company Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), which is jointly owned by the government of Andhra Pradesh and government of India, has selected two Bucyrus FBR-15 coal haulers for its GDK11a underground coal mine.

World’s first 35M continuous miner delivered to SA colliery

Mining and construction equipment manufacturer Bucyrus Africa delivered the world's first 35M continuous miner to coal mining company Anglo Coal's Goedehoop colliery, in Witbank, in November last year.