Zhungeer Energy’s Derrick Shovel Achieves Record High Amount of Overburden Removal

On May 9, the derrick shovel of Zhungeer Energy Group, a subsidiary of China Energy, the only of its kind in Asia, completed 44,000 cubic meters of overburden removal, a record high, in a single-shift operation, and 106,000 cubic meters daily, reporting a single-day record high. The month-long amount in April was nearly 1.93 million cubic meters, the highest in three years.

The derrick shovel of Zhungeer Energy changes the shovel.

Starting in March, the company took bold incentive measures to boost equipment teams’ productivity. Under the incentive program, the output of each device per shift is recorded to calculate their corresponding share in total output. As for the allocation of monthly bonus, 60 percent are granted in accordance with previous allocation methods, and the remaining 40 percent are based on the productivity. The incentive program also is aimed to improve employees’ awareness of cost management and performance-based distribution.