Doppelmayr opens up vertical transport options in underground mining

Installations include the ELG gold complex in Mexico (Torex Gold) and Booysendal South in South Africa (Northam Platinum). The Vertical Shaft Conveyor, meanwhile, comes with a vertical lift capability of up to 750 m, a conveying capacity of 2,000 t/h, a maximum lump size of 150 mm and clear shaft diameter requirement of 3.5 m.

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Deebar | Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Deebar Pty Ltd is an Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Firm based in Germiston, and was established in 1976. Deebar designs and manufactures revolutionary shaft signalling and station safety products, trapped key interlocks and low voltage switchgear.

Underground Mining Transportation Systems

specific transport system between the surface and the underground level. On the other hand, shallow mines generally require a direct and simple transport system. There has been considerable and continuing debate on the use of shafts or inclined drifts in deep mines. The advantages of drift transport systems over shaft systems are as follows: 1.

South Africa's DMRE puts Level 9 vehicle

After years of uncertainty as to when it might actually be mandated – South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has brought into law the Chapter 8 clauses of the Mine Health and Safety Act Regulations relating to Level 9 vehicle intervention for collision avoidance in trackless mobile machinery, both surface and …

Stemming fatalities on South African mines: Part 3

December 2021 marked the second consecutive year of regression in safety on South African mines with falls of ground (FOG) and transport-related accidents being the leading causes of fatalities. In Part 3 of our series on Stemming Fatalities on SA mines, Industry stakeholders shed some light on the challenges faced in addressing transport …

SAMSS launches hydrostatic drive underground mining vehicle in South Africa

Metals industry equipment and service company South African Mining and Smelting Solutions (SAMSS) has launched its range of underground mining utility vehicles in the South African market. SAMSS ...

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The Rietvlei Colliery is operated by the Rietvlei Mining Company, in which the Group owns an effective 34% interest through its approximate 67% shareholding in Butsanani Energy Investment Holdings, an entity which was created to facilitate enterprise development by identifying junior coal mining operations and companies in South Africa to ...

De Beers Venetia Underground Project : …

MILESTONE DELIVERY. De Beers' USD$2.3 billion underground expansion of SA's leading diamond mine, which ceased open pit mining operations in December 2022 after 30 years of production from the Tier …

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About Us Masters of Surface & Underground Mining EMS Mining is a South African mining contracting company specializing in surface production drilling, blasting, underground mining, and infrastructural development. Health & Safety Safety First, Last and Always Our unwavering commitment to health and safety transcends standard …

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Underground rail infrastructure at South African mines is not operating at its full potential, predominantly owing to poor track-system choices and a lack of critical …

Telematics for Underground Mining Improves Safety

ISO21815 requires earth moving underground /surface machines to comply with what is known as a Level 9, slow down and stop intervention system. More specifically, a collision warning and avoidance system. The mines in South Africa can be over 3km (1.86 miles) underground and have vast webs of over 800,00km (497,000 miles) of tunnels.

Shaft mining- latest advances in hoist safety and energy …

According to the World Coal Association, 6.9 billion t of hard coal is currently being produced worldwide, with the top five hard coal producing countries being China, USA, India, Australia and Indonesia. Among these top producers, ABB has delivered numerous mine hoisting systems to underground mines in China and South Africa, as well as to …

Underground Mining in Africa

Gold Mining in South Africa. After more than a century of gold mining in South Africa, South Africa is still the custodian of the world's second largest gold resources at 6 000 tons. Over 50% of all gold reserves are found in South Africa, where the Witwatersrand holds the world's largest gold reef deposit.

Advanced Features for Safe Transport Underground

Advanced Features for Safe Transport Underground. Becker Mining South Africa's Alrode manufacturing plant has commenced production of a chairlift system that …

Ten biggest producing underground mines in the Middle East and Africa

Located in North West, South Africa, the greenfield mine produced approximately 7.321Mt of ROM in 2020. It had an estimated production of 245.571 thousand ounces of platinum in 2020. The expected mine closure date is 2032. 8. Matla Mine. Located in Mpumalanga, South Africa, the Matla Mine is a coal mining project …

Construction and maintenance of underground railway …

The importance of maintenance on an underground railway track system is illustrated and typical underground railway track maintenance activities are listed. …

Underground Robots: How Robotics Is Changing the Mining …

Julius, the robot above, can track people, robots, and machines, as well as monitor environmental conditions, in mines like this one, the research and teaching mine Reiche Zeche in Germany.

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For most effective gold mining in South Africa, the method used is hard rock mining, since reserves are typically fully encased in rock deep underground. The invention of industrial air cooling and air quality …

Safety considerations in underground J logistics—a look …

The object of underground logistics is to transport personnel, material, and rock from their point of embarkation, either from surface or from the working face, as quickly and safely …

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Track evaluation WSP Africa evaluates mining track systems according to SANS 10339:2009 that governs underground railway transport systems in mines. The standard outlines three speed categories ...

Construction and maintenance of underground railway …

The design, construction and maintenance of underground railway tracks, to date, in the mining industry in South Africa have been carried out on an ad hoc basis without …

Copper 360 restarts Rietberg underground mining in South Africa

Copper 360 has begun underground mining operations at the Rietberg Mine in South Africa's Northern Cape Province. The move marks the first copper production in the O'Kiep Copper District in more than four decades.

Underground rail transport at local mines not being …

Track evaluation WSP Africa evaluates mining track systems according to SANS 10339:2009 that governs underground railway transport systems in mines. The standard outlines three speed categories ...

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South Deep Gold Mine is a Gold Fields operation in South Africa. ... At the depth of mining at South Deep, rock stresses can become extremely high. ... The destress cut is accessed from an access ramp system in the footwall of the orebody and the reef horizon is entered with two Main Access Drives (MADs). The MADs progress into the orebody …

Fermel (Pty) Ltd | Underground Mining Machines

Providing integrated mining solutions that encompass the manufacture and supply of an extensive range of underground mining equipment. ... PERSONNEL TRANSPORT. NEXTGEN E-SHUTTLE. A true zero-emission vehicle: A battery powered variant of the diesel LP shuttle. ... Crocker and Stellenberg Rd, Wadeville, Gauteng, Republic of …

Modeling and Simulation of the Underground Mining …

One underground mine in South Africa, using simulation technology to do a feasibility simulation research on the gangue-rock shipment system of a new mine to determine …

Venetia Underground Project, South Africa – update

The mine is an openpit operation; however, following shareholder approval, development work started in late 2013 to build the new underground mining operation beneath the current operating openpit.