TBEA’s South open pit coal mine with Eacon autonomy gets national recognition

Following an on-site assessment by the National Intelligent Coal Mine Expert Panel, TBEA’s South open pit coal mine, operated by its subsidiary Tianchi Energy, has been designated one of China’s first batch of ‘National Intelligent Coal Mines.’ The South open-pit mine is a large coal operation in the northwest of China with a production capacity of 40 Mt/y. This guideline is playing a crucial role in catalysing the commercialisation of autonomous haulage projects in China. As part of the intelligentisation process at the South open put mine, Eacon Mining has supplied the autonomous haulage solution. It has also delivered a remote control excavator solution, working together with BuilderX, which specialises in this technology niche. At present, the number of autonomous trucks deployed by Eacon in the South open pit mine has increased to 31.