Aggreko offers complete cooling systems and mine ventilation solutions to keep miners safe
With increasingly remote locations being mined and temperatures regularly exceeding 45 degrees Celsius, it’s more important than ever that your below ground operations are effectively cooled and ventilated.
Not doing so doesn’t just pose a serious health risk to your employees but also leaves your equipment vulnerable to malfunction.
Underground mine ventilation systems matched to your unique needs.
Generally, this safe mining practices refer to eliminating the risks of heat related injuries such as heatstroke and heat exhaustion, and the use of underground mine ventilation to remove toxic gases which can build up due to mining activity.
To do this effectively, the following mining ventilation equipment is usually required:
1. Cooling towers for mines
Evaporative cooling towers work by dissipating excess heat via water evaporation. Our rental towers can help you supplement cooling water flows, provide additional cooling for planned system upgrades, help mines recover from in-built cooling tower failures in emergency situations.
Our cooling towers can be combined to provide multi-megawatts of water and bulk air cooling to your mine. Our solutions have been designed to minimise electricity consumption while still reducing drift rate to significantly less than what’s required by law.
When you have high volume mines in hot countries, it’s common that you’ll need additional or emergency cooling plants on top of your air conditioning units.
Here you have a choice between water-cooled and air-cooled chillers. While water-cooled options are usually more energy efficient and take up less space, air-cooled are generally quicker to mobilise.
Our experts can help you select which would be better suited to your operation in terms of type and size.
Underground mine ventilation is particularly important in situations where heavy machinery is in operation, as plants such as drills and long-haul dumps have a huge impact on humidity and temperature. On top of this, extraction can release gases which are harmful to staff working below ground. For example, radon, which is often present in uranium mines, is poisonous if inhaled.
We can help you find the right mine ventilation system that will keep your staff safe, and your equipment in optimal working condition.
Aggreko can also assist with all of your energy storage and power generation requirements so that you will always have a reliable source of power for all your operations. We use the latest technologies that will ensure your site is powered no matter how remote your operations are. This includes reliable power for construction, camps, communications, crushing, ventilation and underground air conditioning so you are providing a safe and compliant work environment for all of your workers in any situation.
Traditional built-in cooling and mine ventilation systems can’t keep up with today’s demands. That’s where we come in. Aggreko’s short- and long-term rentals offer practical solutions to some of the biggest challenges mine safety engineers face daily:
Safe working temperatures under 30 degrees are non-negotiable. With Aggreko, you get cooling and ventilation systems that easily scale with demand. Our expert team ensures you maintain the perfect environment, so your team can work safely and confidently every day.
Renting from Aggreko isn’t just flexible, it’s smart. Save significantly on upfront costs and reallocate those savings to drive other essential parts of your operation.
With rental equipment, you’re not liable for expenses around maintenance and upgrades of mine cooling systems. As well as reducing overheads, our team will ensure any maintenance is completed quickly to eliminate downtime.
As mine operation is closely linked to market changes, you need to be able to scale up and down easily and efficiently. This isn’t possible with a built-in cooling and underground mine ventilation plant, but with rentals, you can quickly modify your setup at a fraction of the cost of buying a new permanent plant.