Category: Case Studies

Power savings through secondary fan management at Granny Smith Mine A Broodryk1  Superintendent, Gold Fields – Granny Smith Mine, Laverton WA 3028. Email: andre.broodryk@goldfields.com ABSTRACT Ventilation accounts for a large portion of energy use in the total power demand of underground mines, with secondary fans being identified as a big part of that. It has […]

Gold Fields Granny Smith Mine. Introduction Gold Fields Australia is part of the global Gold Fields group, a globally diversified gold producer with nine operating mines in Australia (including the Gruyere JV), Peru, South Africa and West Africa (including the Asanko JV), and a joint venture project in Canada and another in Chile. Our four […]

Grydale is a global leader in dust control solutions, operating in multiple countries. Grydale hold international patients for manufacturing the only self-propelled, track mounted, mobile dust collector on the market. The mobile dust collectors boast world class operating efficiency, along with regulated air volume using a variable speed drive (VSD). Air flow is controlled via […]

SMEC Power & Technology underground division, Southern Mining Electrical Contractors recently completed the manufacture & supply of our Underground 11kV 2MVA 1000V Substations for the recently opened Khoemacau Copper project in Botswana. Working with the team at Khoemacau Copper, SMEC designed a project specific specification for the substations utilising industry leading components from ABB and […]