
EEG forms Elgin Separation Solutions
Elgin Equipment Group has formed the Elgin Separation Solutions division to focus on the coal and mineral processing industries.
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Elgin Equipment Group has formed the Elgin Separation Solutions division to focus on the coal and mineral processing industries.

BHP Billiton’s 3Q15 production of thermal and metallurgical coal was in line with 3Q14.

Rio Tinto’s production of hard coking coal jumped 10% in the first nine months of the year, while thermal coal output was hit by bad weather in the Hunter Valley to finish 6% down.

Hexagon Mining has launched MineSight QAQC for validating and determining the precision and accuracy of field samples.

Universal Coal is set to increase its thermal resource base by 25% from the acquisition of the Arnot South project from Exxaro.

Vale’s coal production dropped 12.3% y/y in 3Q15 following the stoppage of production at two of its Australian coal mines in 2014.

Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Co. selects Aquatech to design, engineer and supply a Zero Liquid Discharge plant for its coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuels conversion project, as well as supervise install and commission the ZLD plant.

The Boot-Lift® Railcar Connector from Martin Engineering improves the speed and safety of connecting a hopper car to under-track conveying systems, preventing the loss of material to wind or contamination.

The Springvale workforce returned to work on 16 October.

A new torque limiter option is now available from Rexnord for applications that are susceptible to torque overload.

The HxM Blast version 2’s enhancements include charge and tie-in functionality.

EnAppSys has found that 3Q15 saw energy generation output from Britain’s coal-fired power stations fall 54% y/y as a result of lower gas prices and increased renewable generation.