NORDIC SUPPLIERS
Mine power solutions
Wärtsilä will deliver a turnkey power plant to provide electricity for the Phase Two expansion of the Tasiast mine located in Mauritania. The contract has been signed with Tasiast Mauritanie, a subsidiary of Kinross Gold. At that time, the 60 MW plant was the biggest project of its type
Recording of Measure While Drilling( MWD) data has been around for a while, but with upgraded software on a Diamec Smart underground core drilling rig, Exploration Manager can present operational data that is recorded automatically during the drill cycle
in West Africa and is expected to supply the electricity needed to run the mine at the expanded capacity of 30,000 t / d.
Wärtsilä says it is appreciative of the support of the Government of Mauritania during its seven years of operation in the country and continues to maintain a cooperative and constructive relationship with the Government and other local stakeholders.“ Wärtsilä has worked with Kinross earlier, and there is no better endorsement of customer satisfaction than to win a repeat order. This Engineering, Procurement and Construction project indicates the broad scope of Wärtsilä’ s capabilities,” commented Marie-Andrée Truchi, Senior Business Development Manager, Africa
West, Wärtsilä Energy Solutions.
The plant will operate using six Wärtsilä 32TS engines. Commercial production at Phase Two is expected to begin in Q3 2020. Wärtsilä also delivered the power generating engines for the 19 MW power plant serving the Tasiast mine’ s phase 1B project.
Exploration
The very essence of exploration drilling is to find out more about the ground that is of interest. With Epiroc’ s new drilling and operational analysing tool, Exploration Manager, this task becomes much easier.
Recording of Measure While Drilling( MWD)
data has been around for a while, but with upgraded software on a Diamec Smart underground core drilling rig, Exploration Manager can present operational data that is recorded automatically during the drill cycle. In addition, the tool simplifies the workflow by letting the operator log what activity state the drill rig is in, directly on the rig’ s control panel.
Exploration Manager combines all this data and presents it with comprehensive pie charts and graphs on a regular PC. This lets the site manager analyse and find areas of improvement and by comparing one drill rig to another, modern fleet management is taken to a new level.
Exploration Manager will be available for the Diamec Smart-range of underground exploration drill rigs, which all are equipped with the RCS 4 control system. Exploration Manager can be used to visualise only MWD data on the Diamec APC rigs with the RCS 3 control system.
“ Digital transformation and adaptability is
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