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Mining News Pro - Coal mining major SUEK says it continues to introduce digital technologies at its mining operations
According to Mining News Pro - Currently, the company plans to install a 360° surround view camera system on its 130 t dump trucks to ensure safety at the Primorye open pit mining complex. Andrey Kukarenko, SUEK’s Technical Director in Primorye, says that the company operates a complex of digital systems. It includes a video monitoring system to enable shift supervisors of mining sections, managers of production units and the company’s directorate to control the operation of mining machinery. In addition, there is an automated video and weight control system for railcar loading in place.
To minimise costs and increase productivity, all mining machinery of Novoshakhtinskoye, the largest facility of SUEK in Primorye, is equipped with the Zyfra Mining automated mining control (FMS) system VG KARIER (now called Zyfra OpenMine). It displays information about all vehicles in real time using the following parameters: machinery location, the number of rounds completed, rock weight during loading and unloading and fuel consumption. The system also makes it possible to monitor the work of drivers, recognises dangerous operations such as speeding or downtime and evaluates the performance of drivers and operators for the entire shift duration. Dispatchers, shift and section supervisors and the company’s managers receive all this data in real time.
Another high-tech system used in Primorye is the road quality management system. It is designed to evaluate and control the condition of onsite roads and to supervise the work of road services at open-pit mines.
The equipment installed on the dump trucks eliminates the need for personnel to stay in the mines to monitor the condition of onsite roads and increases the service life of mining machinery through the prompt elimination of bumps and the restoration of the road surface. In addition, it reduces the risk of emergencies related to the inadequate quality of the roadbed and increases the service life of dump truck tyres.
As Andrey Kukarenko emphasises, these digital technologies provide significant advantages: 5–10% cost reduction through fuel saving, better technical complex performance (from 5 to 15%), less non-process-related downtime (up to 80%) and up to 8% decrease in equipment operation expenses. Digital technology plays an important role in the continuous upgrade of all production processes. In 2019, SUEK invested about $12 million in its Primorye mining operations.
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