Coal mine sector in digital transformation

Advance technology: A train carrying bags of copper concentrate leaves the Erdenet Mining Corp in Mongolia. Unmanned operations, intelligent patrols and remote controls will become the new normal in Mongolian mines in the future. — Bloomberg

XIAN: Riding a driverless, rubber-tyred vehicle to a 150-metre deep mine has become a daily routine for miners of Shangwan coal mine in the city of Ordos, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

Thanks to the digitalisation of the coal industry, miners no longer need to enter the deep mine shafts via walking or riding on a small, outdated train.