Page 68 Contd on pg 67 duced power consumption The drills used at Borden are battery operated and they can be recharged while operating Marc Lauzier Newmont Goldcorp general manager for Borden mine has sited both health and safety im provements and cost savings as benef ts of going electric Diesel particulate matter is reduced when the switch to electric takes place and this cuts the cost of venti lation But it also improves the underground air qual ity which makes it safer for the miners Sandvik electric batterypowered vehicles will drill and bring ore to handling facilities on site The f eet will include the Sandvik DD422iE development jumbo drilling rig Sandvik 14T LHD scoops Sandvik 40T trucks apart from boom truck cassette truck and emulsion loader MacLean Engineering of Collingwood Ontario has provided battery graders electric bolters explosives chargers blockholers boom trucks scissor lifts Glencore Onaping Depths Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operation Glencore s Sudbury operation plans to make its Onaping Depths project its f rst all electric mine First produc tion from Onaping Depth will occur in 2023 and full production by 2025 The depth of the Onaping about 2600 metres below surface The way SINO plans to reduce their cost of cooling the air at such a depth is by reducing the amount of heat generated by mining vehicles and equipment by switching to battery electric vehicles Glencore has been testing battery from MacLean En gineering bolters and boom trucks Papa Bravo and Industrial Fabrication mine carriers Epiroc jum bos Caterpillar LHDs as well as dieselconverted equipment from MineCat and Marcotte Mining Kirkland Lake Gold Kirkland Lake Gold has introduced Battery Electric V ehicles BEV at it s Macassa Mine in Kirkland Lake Ontario T wo Artisan Z40s are now working under ground According to T ony Makuch BEVs are more ef cient than diesel engines and that is the main reason KLG has decided to use them at Macassa It operates more hours the power you get is greater than with diesel engines we have to torque it down It s the way to go It s also quieter and produces less heat explained Makuch W e are investing in BEVs and we have two proto types working at Macassa Makuch said W e are all Page 66 Mines and manufacturers embrace change and achieve success Contd from pg 64