Recently, the International Mining Research Center of the China Geological Survey of the Ministry of Natural Resources released the Global Mining Development Report 2023. The report shows that the application of technical equipment such as 5G, driverless mine cards and artificial intelligence has improved the level of mine development. The mine driverless truck realizes large-scale operation. According to incomplete statistics, China has landed more than 50 driverless projects in mining areas, covering non-coal mines, metal mines and other scenarios, operating more than 300 vehicles. Unmanned
transportation is the first step for smart mines and unmanned mines. With the development of 5G private network, 5G/vehicle-road collaboration (V2X), automatic driving and other technologies, some cement enterprises have realized the unmanned transportation of the whole mine.
For example,
Yangquan Jidong Cement 5G Intelligent Mine Driverless Project is the first marshalling demonstration project to realize pure electric, digital and green intelligent mine in the domestic cement industry, which is the first to build a collaborative intelligent unloading system. After the transformation of Yangquan Jidong Cement 5G Intelligent Mine, unmanned driving has been realized. On June 22,
2022, Conch Group's "Development and Application of Unmanned System for Cement Intelligent Mine Tramcar" passed the acceptance after on-site inspection, inquiry, review and discussion by the expert acceptance team, which marked that the first unmanned limestone transportation project in the global open-pit mining industry was formally completed and put into operation in Conch Group. Through the development of driverless algorithm, the construction of fleet management platform and the deep integration of 5G and driverless technology,
the project realizes the intelligent networking of vehicles in mining areas. This will further enhance the overall level of digitalization and intellectualization of Conch Group's mines, not only improve the automation and efficiency of mining operations, but also achieve safe and green mining, which is of great significance to the sustainable development of the industry. On November 8,
2022, Taiwan Cement Jurong Plant held the opening ceremony of the intelligent mine project, marking that the mining area of Taiwan Cement Jurong Plant took the lead in realizing the full coverage of driverless pure electric mine cars, which became another major breakthrough in leading the construction of modern digital mines in China's cement industry.
It is understood that Taini Jurong Factory has purchased 14 driverless pure electric mine cars customized by Xidi Zhijia to replace the original fuel mine cards in an all-round way. It is estimated that this upgrade can save 805 tons of diesel oil per year. If one ton of diesel oil emits 3.13 tons of carbon dioxide, the annual carbon reduction is about 1800 tons, which is equivalent to the annual carbon absorption of 150,000 trees. At the same time, compared with the fuel mine card, the labor cost per ton and maintenance cost are greatly reduced. On August 28
this year, the green intelligent mine driverless electric mining card project of China Resources Cement Hezhou Industrial Park was officially put into operation at the 302 platform of Shilingtou Mine, Maxi Village, Lianshan Town, Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County.
It is understood that the project is the first mine driverless electric mine card project in Guangxi, with a total investment of 28.4722 million yuan. At present, the project has launched four driverless electric mining cards, each of which can carry 80 tons. The successful application
of driverless technology in mines is of great significance to improve the level of mine technology and drive the growth of mining technology, which can greatly improve the level of mine production and management, liberate the labor force of some mine production and construction operations to a large extent, and thus create a better guarantee for the safety of personnel operations.
Of course, "driverless" is only the starting point, not the end point of smart mine construction, how to go from "driverless" to "unmanned mine", or even to "unmanned cement plant", there are still many barriers to break through.
To this end, China Cement Network will hold "Data-Driven Decision-Making" in Hangzhou on November 29, 2023. The Fifth China Cement Intelligence Summit Forum , with the theme of "Intelligence Leads the Future", invites industry experts, scholars and representatives of relevant enterprises to discuss and promote the intelligent process of the cement industry.