Category: Water in Mining

ATA Agora & Allquip Water Trucks: Australia's Premier Water Cart and Water Spray Rig Manufacturer ATA Agora, an Australian firm, specialises in the production of robust, large-capacity water carts and spray systems, specifically tailored for the mining sector. Designed to withstand the harshest Australian conditions, these water carts are adaptable to a variety of OEM off-road rigid and articulated trucks, as well as standard on-road chassis with mine-specific modifications. In 2021, ATA Agora merged with Allquip Water Trucks, bolstering their industry experience and manufacturing capabilities. ATA's off-road tank designs have been operating in mining sites for half a century, making them industry leaders in heavy-duty spray rigs. The combination of ATA's experience with Allquip's two-decade history of providing on-road water...

Water Technology lives and breathes the challenges of land and water management. The team at Water Technology has a broad profile of specialised skills across all areas of water, coastal and environmental management and its services encompass almost every aspect of surface water and groundwater interaction within the natural and built environment. With extensive knowledge and experience of surface water, groundwater, coastal and waterway management across Australia, the company delivers practical, high-end engineering solutions to day-today complex water related problems. The Australian Mining Review (AMR) spoke with Luke McPhail, a Senior Water Management Specialist from Water Technology, and five leading technical specialists from across the business, to dive a little deeper and learn about the range of innovative technical services...

Dust suppression has taken on higher consideration in the mining industry lately, with the release of a new review of regulations for acceptable levels of mineral and chemical dust volumes by WorkSafe. With the re-emergence of coal miner’s pneumoconiosis and silicosis, the occupational exposure limit for respirable dust at coal mines was dropped to 2.5mg/m3 in November 2019, with a further drop to 1.5mg/m³ expected with the release of the review. That’s why dust suppression systems have increased importance and in usage in recent years, with one of the most popular being Tecpro Australia’s automatic and autonomous dust suppression units, designed and manufactured in Italy by EmiControls. According to Tecpro Australia’s Patrick Cooper, EmiControls systems ensure high level dust suppression...

When considering the essential equipment required for a mining operation, fire pumping systems come pretty high on the list. As specialist Australian pump suppliers since 1975, Kelair Pumps Australia’s fire pumpsets are favoured by major mining companies including Rio Tinto, BHP, FMG and Glencore and are installed in mining operations across the country. Kelair Pumps offer fully equipped and tested turnkey containerised systems. Fully compliant to each mine site’s individual requirements, Kelair’s fully packaged fire pumpsets meet the requirements of AS2941 and come complete with fully piped and valved suction and discharge manifolds ensuring that installation is fast simple and meets all WHS standards. Kelair supplies diesel and electric pumpsets for fire hydrant, sprinkler, combined hydrant / sprinkler, deluge, foam,...