A mining group in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is greatly benefiting from the country's strong support in large-scale equipment upgrades to promote industrial development and release the potential of domestic demand.
The 51-year old Luo Xiaoke, who has served the Xinjiang Daming Mining Group Co., Ltd. for nearly 20 year, is now working as a remote operator of mining facilities in the company's Tianhu Iron Mine. He also witnessed the huge and swift changes of the working environment.
The company has constantly promoted the replacement and upgrading of a full set of equipment in mining and transportation, and has invested massively this year to purchase up-to-date equipment such as intelligent tunneling trolleys, intelligent mining trolleys, new energy loaders, and unmanned electric locomotives, according to company officials. "The application of power line carrier technology has realized intelligent remote operation of tunneling and mining processes, transferring operators from underground work sites to ground operations, greatly improving the safety of mining operations and improving the work efficiency of mining processes," said Bai Dengrong, deputy mine manager of Tianhu Iron Mine of Daming group.
For instance, the original excavation trolley could excavate 5.6 meters in a single shift of eight hours, while the new one can excavate seven meters within the same time period; the original mining vehicle had a rock drilling efficiency of 150 meters per eight-hour shift, while the upgraded facility can reach 180 meters.
"In recent years, we have invested more than 20 million yuan each year in the high-tech research and development sector," said Ke Yucai, financial director of the mining group.
Traditional enterprises need to invest a lot in transformation and upgrading. Since the beginning of this year, Hami City in the region, where the Daming group is located, has introduced a number of preferential policies to help enterprises raise funds, such as intellectual property pledge financing loans, corporate credit financing loans, and small and medium-sized enterprise loans.
"In 2024, Hami City secured 148 million yuan in funds for the implementation of major national strategies, building security capacity in key areas, and promoting the renewals of large equipment and replacement of old consumer goods with new ones. Through multiple measures including policy guidance, encouraging enterprises to transform into energy-saving enterprises, and striving for financial support, the city has promoted the transformation of industries towards green, low-carbon and intelligent," said Zhang Xiaoyi, director of Hami Development and Reform Commission.
Intelligent upgrade brings vigor to Xinjiang traditional mining company
