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Parsons awarded contract extension for Giant Mine remediation project
Komatsu deploys autonomous trucks at Vale’s Carajás mine
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s the Brazilian resource company Vale seeks to enhance health, safety and operational efficiency while reducing its impact on the environment, Komatsu has announced plans to deploy 37 of its 930E ultraclass electrical dump trucks as part of an autonomous haulage system (AHS) at Vale’s Carajás iron ore mine. Powered by Komatsu’s AHS FrontRunner technology, the goal is to have all 37 trucks operating autonomously by 2024. To support a successful transition to autonomy, Komatsu opened an AHS training centre near the mine in August 2019 that provides operations and maintenance training to upskill local people on the new technologies being introduced at the mine. “We are honoured to be part of the ongoing wave of technological innovation at Carajás, supporting Vale’s commitment to sustainability and helping make the mine a reference in environmental terms,” said Masayuki Moriyama, President of Komatsu’s mining business division.
“Komatsu plans to deploy 37 of its 930E ultra-class electrical dump trucks ”
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arsons Corporation has been awarded a contract extension to continue as the main construction manager for the remediation efforts of the Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The two-year extension continues efforts at the former gold mine to contain and manage arsenic trioxide and protect human and environmental health and safety. “For over six years, we have been working closely with the Government of Canada to keep the site in a safe and stable condition until clean-up efforts can begin, in the interests of creating a safer, healthier and prosperous community,” said Jon Moretta, executive vice president, industrial, for Parsons. Parsons is the sole prime contractor for the mine’s final remediation program. The corporation’s initial contract at the site — one of the largest environmental remediation projects in Canada — began in 2013 with the decontamination and deconstruction of the mine’s roaster complex. Giant Mine is an abandoned gold mine within the city boundaries of Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest
Territories. It operated from 1948 until 1999. The former owner, Royal Oak Mines, entered receivership in 1999 and
“Giant Mine is an abandoned gold mine within the city boundaries of Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories” the Ontario Supreme Court transferred the property to INAC (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada). The Giant Mine site is one of the highest priority contaminated sites within the federal property inventory and requires ongoing management to protect human health and safety, and the environment. World Mining Magazine www.ogsmag.com
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