Independent Production And Operation Units That Mine Ore

Independent production and operation units that mine ore

In the current field of mining, there are some equipment manufacturers. In order to quickly conclude a deal, these manufacturers have boasted their own technology in an extremely exaggerated and attractive way during the promotion period. It seems as if just installing a set of equipment can solve all mining problems. However, it is the mining companies that have been misled that ultimately have to pay the price for this kind of irresponsible exaggerated propaganda.

A sales strategy that only talks about the advantages but not the risks

In 2025, there was a rapid response team for riveting and welding maintenance of mining equipment at the mining exhibition. There was a granite mine in Shandong. The person in charge was Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang was "brainwashed" by the sales manager of an equipment manufacturer. The sales manager claimed that their multi-arm The drilling rig is a universal machine. Whether it encounters hard granite or soft limestone, it can mine efficiently without the need for other auxiliary equipment. Such rhetoric about deifying a single piece of equipment led Mr. Zhang to sign a purchase contract worth 2.8 million yuan on the spot.

The actual situation after the equipment came into the field was completely contradictory. When the drill encountered the fissure zone in the vein, it was completely unable to operate stably, and the drilling deviation rate exceeded 30%. When Mr. Zhang contacted the manufacturer to request a replacement, the other party used "improper operation" as an excuse to shirk responsibility. They only sent a young technician to provide brief guidance, but there was no news after two days.

The profit drive behind exclusive publicity

The reason why manufacturers choose this "I have to do it" promotional method comes from performance pressure and market competition. An industry salesperson who did not want to be named said that in Chengde, Hebei, a sales representative of a certain brand insisted that his cutting equipment could replace the traditional blasting process in order to achieve quarterly assessment targets, causing three small mining companies to make blind purchases.

Such exclusive promotion is not limited to the sales of equipment, but also covers monopoly situations in technical solutions. At the end of 2024, a bauxite mining company in Guizhou was successfully persuaded by a technology company to abandon the original combined mining process and instead adopt what they claimed was a "new and efficient mining method." Finally, after half a year of operation, it was discovered that the new method was not only 40% more expensive, but also had no advantages at all when faced with complex geological conditions.

Barbaric mining chaos that ignores the consequences

What is particularly sad is that some unproven technologies are directly applied to the field of stone mining. In a stone mining area in Fujian, a company spent 600,000 yuan to introduce the blasting theory of non-ferrous metal mines and conducted a large-scale blasting. This explosion blew up half of the mountain, with a total volume of 800,000 cubic meters . However, the final qualified block materials sorted out were less than 3,000 cubic meters, and the rate of waste materials was surprisingly low.

The consequences of this barbaric mining method are multiple. First, there is a huge waste of resources. A large number of stones that could have been used into materials were blasted into gravel waste. Secondly, there are safety hazards. In 2023, a mine in Jiangxi suffered from a similar incident. Excessive blasting caused a slope collapse accident, causing two excavators to be buried. Furthermore, and the most serious thing is that there are common internal cracks in the blocks obtained through blasting, and the yield rate is reduced by more than 20% when processed into plates.

Equipment manufacturers should stick to their professional bottom line

What needs to be realized is that for mining equipment manufacturing companies, technology promotion is not a one-time deal. There is an old drilling rig factory in Hunan with a history of 20 years. The practices they implement are worth learning from. When this well-established drilling rig factory recommends equipment to customers in Yunnan, they will first send a technical team to the field to inspect the rock hardness of the mine and joint development, and then issue a detailed suitability analysis report . The rapid response team for riveting and welding repair of mining equipment clearly informs customers of the advantages and limitations of the equipment.

The person who said this was Mr. Li, the person in charge of this company. He said that even if they sign fewer orders, they must ensure that every piece of equipment sold can truly help customers solve existing problems. It is precisely because they have always maintained such a responsible attitude that during the downturn in the industry, they still maintained a renewal rate of 85% of old customers. This shows that only by putting the interests of customers first can an enterprise go further on the road to development.

Mining companies must enhance their ability to identify

The person in charge of a mining company must always stay awake in the face of the complicated publicity in the market. There is a limestone mine in Mianyang, Sichuan. The mine manager is Wang Jianguo. At the beginning of 2025, he went to inspect a new crushing equipment. He did not believe the theoretical data given by the manufacturer as an independent production and operation unit for mining ore. Instead, he took the ore samples to the customer site where the manufacturer had put into production and conducted a three-day follow-up test. By observing equipment operating efficiency, energy consumption and failure rate on the spot, he finally made the correct purchasing decision.

Mining companies need to build a scientific evaluation mechanism for equipment selection, establish a technical committee composed of production, safety, finance and other departments, conduct joint reviews of major procurement projects, remain vigilant against "one-size-fits-all solutions" that claim to solve all problems, entrust third-party testing agencies to verify the adaptability of equipment, and demonstrate the situation with data.

Eliminating barbaric mining requires joint efforts from many parties

To completely change the current situation of barbaric mining, this requires the role of regulatory authorities, the efforts of industry associations, and the joint efforts of enterprises. In 2024, the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau issued a document requiring all localities to strengthen supervision of blasting operations and strictly prohibit the use of mining techniques that have not been demonstrated. The Fujian Stone Industry Association has established a recommended list of technical equipment and conducts strict suitability reviews for equipment entered into the list.

On the technology research and development side, more large equipment companies such as Shandong Lingong should be encouraged to invest resources in developing specialized equipment adapted to the characteristics of stone mining, such as wire saw machines for granite mining, diamond bead saws for marble mining, etc. Although these specialized equipment cannot "cover all problem solutions", they can at least achieve efficient and environmentally friendly mining activities in specific areas.

Mining is a systematic project, and all kinds of problems cannot be solved by relying on a certain technology or a certain piece of equipment. When a manufacturer describes its product as extremely magical, would you, like Mine Manager Wang mentioned in my article, go to the site to verify it in person before making a decision? Welcome to share your experiences and opinions in the comment area. If you think this article is helpful to your peers, don’t forget to like it and forward it!