Coal mine industry digging digital, green transformation

XI'AN — Riding a driverless, rubber-tired vehicle to a 150-meter 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 digitalization of the coal industry, miners no longer need to enter the deep mineshafts via walking or riding on a small, outdated train.

"The 19-seat new energy vehicle is equipped with advanced technology like lidar sensors and millimeter wave radar sensors that enable it to run deep into the coalface along a planned route without human operation, which is safer and quicker," said Shen Fei, director of the mine's electromechanical information center.