32 32 Page 32 Contd on pg 33 The mining industry s ability to pro vide nickel cobalt lithium graphite and other key components are crucial to the expanding electric vehicle in dustry by producing durable efcient and reliable car batteries that extend driving range before needing to re char ge The battery power technology will also revolutionize the mining industry itself as mines begin to see the poten tial of using battery powered equip ment in their own operations In Ontario and Northern Quebec there are several mines that are transform ing into all electric battery powered mines Some already are utilizing bat tery powered equipment in combina tion with diesel powered conventional equipment Goldcorp s Borden Lake mine near Chapleau Ontario is scheduled to become the frst all electric battery powered mine when it opens in 2019 Goldcorp s Borden Lake mine will feature remotely controlled battery powered equipment like scoop trams drills and vehicles Borden is set to be Canada s frst allelectric under ground gold mine which will be safer for our employees and have a smaller environmental footprint The use of batteryoperated vehicles and equipment will transform the un der ground mining environm ent and protect the health of employees by improving air quality reducing noise Electric equipment will help keep mine workers healthy by removing diesel exhaust which has produced health hazards for under ground min ers exposed to diesel exhaust Diesel exhaust has been classifed as carci nogenic by the W orld Health Or ga nization It will be good for the en vironment by cutting greenhouse gas emissions W ith gold mining going through cy clic downturns it remains the goal of most gold mining companie s to re duce costs and switching battery op erated all electric could reduce ener gy expenses Borden will save about 9 million an nually on diesel propane and conven tional electricity costs Productivity gains because the equipment keeps working while gas from dynamite blasting clears where previously work stopped and workers were cleared from the area Sandvik AB is just one of several companies supplying electric mining equipment to Borden It is currently working to develop a fast char ge sys tem to keep the battery operated feets moving without long delays Goldcorp still needs to truck mate rial to its processing plant two hours away and is studying the use of elec Battery powered technology impr oves health safety and pr oductivity tric vehicle haul trucks as an alterna tive to diesel vehicles An other company using battery technology is Kirkland Lake Gold a pioneering batterypowered mining company It is the frst in Canada to utilize Artisan VS zero emission bat terypowered loadhauldump truck The company has invested more than 15 million into the development of batterypowered equipment Epiroc the recently renamed Atlas Copco subsidiary serving the mining and civi l engineering sectors has add ed a twoboom jumbo to its growing feet of battery powered under ground equipment The Boomer M2C a com puterized unit designed for fve and sixmetre headings is one of our most popular face drilling machines so we thought it was a good model to hit the middle of the marketplace said Richard Riach global senior project manager for Epiroc The Boomer M2C was sold to Glen core s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations for use at its Nickel Rim Mine Epiroc also has two ST7s and three MT2010 batterypowe red haul trucks at Kirkland Lake Gold in Northern Ontario Last fall V ale Sudbury also intro duced two scoop trams that work on battery power at Coleman Mine in Sudbury A key factor in the decisions of V ale and Glencore to introduce bat tery powered equipment is the need to reduce air emissions and reduce ventilation costs as both companies are digging deeper and greater depths as the near surface supply of nickel runs out The mines will be more productive with health hazards from breathing diesel fumes reduced and the amount of heat emitted by the equipm ent low ered Nouveau Monde Graphite aims to build the frst allelectric surface mine Page 33 in Quebec Mining compa nies may fnd that going electric ap peals to the millennials needed to replace an aging workforce MacLean Engineering a company that has been de signing mobile mining equipm ent for since the 1970s began developing a battery powered feet in 2015 that would respond to the mining industry s growing need for reducing ener gy costs and improving under ground air quality for miners The key elements of MacLean s battery powered equipment are that they deliver equivalent or better performance than diesel power confguration They must also be compatible with existing power supply voltage and not require additional under ground elec trical infrastructure It also must be fexible to incorpo rate new emer ging technology The batteries being designed by MacLean Engineer ing are built with the highestdensity longestlasting chemistry Lithium ion Nickel Manganese Cobalt NMC They have 5 to 8 years expected lifecycle for mobile applica tions Each vehicle or equipment will have on board high efcienc y char gers sufcient to generate 50 KWH of power at voltage of 575 to 1000 volt capacity Contd from pg 32 Y ou your project and the fnancier are on different continents W ere your common ground Our global experience gives you expert integrated solutions at every phase of your mining project 1 705 682 3270 sudburysrkcom NE T ZSCH Pumps in the Mining Industry Challenge us W e of fer Pr oven Pumping Solution s C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Canada Mining 338 x 478 bpdf 1 462017 13148 PM