Discussing WIRTGEN’s initiatives to match global mining standards in India, Ramesh Palagiri, Managing Director & CEO, WIRTGEN INDIA Pvt. Ltd., explains the significance and advantages of vibration less mining at project sites to reduce emissions.

What is the present market demand for surface mining in India?
The global surface mining market is expected to witness potential growth opportunities, especially in the post COVID scenario. Industrialisation, growth in construction and infrastructure development projects, and urbanisation are the major factors contributing to the surface mining market’s growth. Countries like India, China, Mexico, Vietnam, and Indonesia are witnessing potential growth opportunities due to rapid industrialisation.

How is the mining industry ensuring global standards in Indian mining operations?
The WIRTGEN GROUP develops innovative machines of the highest quality. With our machine technology, we constantly endeavour to keep environmental pollution as low as pos-sible. A WIRTGEN surface miner is a perfect example of this philosophy: it impresses with its environmentally friendly technology as it cuts, crushes, and loads rock in a single operation. A tremendous advantage of selective mining is that low levels of dust and noise accompany the vibrationless mining operation without drilling and blasting. The low environmental impact also permits maximum deposit exploitation right up to the edge of residential are as. Selectively mining high quality materials requires considerably less space than conventional mining methods. Our fuel-efficient, intelligently controlled engines comply with the strictest exhaust emission standards.

Which equipment and technologies are primarily deployed to accelerate mining projects?
WIRTGEN is a global market leader in machine manufacturing for cutting rock in opencast mining operations. WIRTGEN surface miners cut primary resources such as coal, gypsum, iron ore, salt, phosphate, bauxite, limestone or granite, achieving high degrees of purity. They are also increasingly used as primary extraction equipment in newly opened up open-cast mines or extensions of existing opencast mine operations.

How do you ensure project site robustness, onsite safety, and fuel efficiency and reduce the additional expenses for mining activities?
WIRTGEN surface miners reduce four operational steps to one. Moreover, our state-of-the-art engine technology reduces exhaust and noise emissions at project sites. This is done through an anti-vibration engine that supports and reduces vibration and noise emissions. WIRTGEN’s state-of-the-art machines are also designed to reduce exhaust and noise emissions.