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Sustainable Wear Protection from REMA TIP TOP ensures longer Service Life in Australian Gold Mine

The operator of a large gold mine in Australia was faced with replacing the previous linings in a cyclone and in the elbow pipe of a feed circuit due to surface wear. "With PERFORMANCEline products by REMA TIP TOP, the service life of the new linings was extended by up to 20 %, significantly increas…read more

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In-Pit Crushing and Conveying

The author reviews the factors leading up to the selection of In-Pit Crushing and Conveying technology and discusses the currently available options in equipment selection. read more

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Technical Article

Latest Developments in Coal Handling for Self-Unloading Ships and Barges

The purpose of this paper is to describe he various types of self-unloading vessels and emphasize their economics. For most ship owners or designers, self-unloaders mean the Great Lakes type not realizing that the same or modified systems could be used elsewhere. Hopefully some clarifications are co…read more

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Case Study

Engineered Coal Chutes: Transshipment Terminal extends Conveyor Belt Life

A high-volume coal transshipment terminal at the western edge of Lake Superior has eliminated material backups and reduced maintenance – while extending conveyor belt life – with customengineered transfer chutes. read more

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Technical Article

Dredging of Heavy Minerals

After a short discussion of the mining procedure used for dredging heavy minerals the current dredging techniques are reviewed Successful tun-scale tests proved that an underwater bucket wheel can be applied for dredging purposes up to depths of 100 m and that this bucket wheel shows the same favour…read more

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Technical Article

Assessment of Methanol as a Carrier Liquid for Coal Transport Through Pipelines

The use of pipelines for the transportation of coal in slurry form has great advantages over more conventional means of transport. At present water is usually used as a carrying medium but this has some disadvantages. The author reviews the possible use of methanol as an alternative and discusses at…read more

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Chilean Mining Operations: Bulk Solids Handling Activities

In Chile over a million tons of ore are mined, crushed, screened, stored and conveyed every single hour of every day of the year in the production of one third of the world's supply of fine copper. The scale of these giant mining operations is enormous and so are the associated costs. To economicall…read more

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Technical Article

Bulk Transport of Retorted Oil Shale for Mechanical Backfilling

Mine backfilling is a desirable method for the disposal of retorted oil shale and is an environmentally acceptable alternative to surface disposal. Hydraulic mechanical and pneumatic transport and stowing methods were investigated, and the mechanical transport and stowing method using belt conveyors…read more

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New Developments in Continuous Mining and Materials Handling

Bulk mining and handling technologies have been affected in two ways by the soaring cost of oil and oil products in recent years. Firstly, the substitution of oil by coal, oil sands and oil shale demands the development of high-capacity mining and handling equipment and secondly, the rising fue…read more

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Technical Article

Continuous Conveying in Open Pit Mines

Various open pit mining systems with hard rock and unconsolidated overburden are analyzed and the main differences between discontinuous, semi-continuous and fully continuous mining and transportation methods are outlined. It is demonstrated that future open pit mining systems will tend to use …read more

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Technical Article

Combined Mining Systems for Open Pit Mines

Production rates in opencast mines will have to be increased in the future, especially in the energy sector. Reasons for this development are an increased demand for coal, oil-sand and oil-shale, the steadily growing share of opencast mining operations as opposed to a decreasing share for undergroun…read more

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Technical Article

Continuous Surface Mine Materials Handling Systems

This paper presents a review of three ongoing research projects dealing with continuous materials handling systems in open-pit mines in the USA. The systems include mine-run-rock conveyors high-angle conveyors and movable in-pit crushers. These material handling systems are being evaluated and appli…read more

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Technical Article

Transport with large Conveyors in Surface Mines

An attempt is made to differentiate between the criteria usually required for the design of conveyor systems under ordinary operating conditions and those with which open-pit planners will be increasingly concerned in the future. Based on the well-known relationship between lifting power requir…read more

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Case Study

Overburden Stacker for Loy Yang Open-Cast Mine

This case study describes the new overburden stracker in the most recent expansion project of the S.E.C. of Victoria. Design details and technical data are given. Following Morwell and yallourn, the Loy Yang open-cast mine is the most recent expansion project of the State Electricity Commission…read more

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Case Study

A New Bucket Wheel Excavator Complex for the Goonyella Mine

A bucket wheel excavator – conveyor system – spreader complex will be put into operation in Australia for the first time in particularly difficult winning conditions. These difficulties were taken into account by the exceptional stipulations laid down for the layout of the machines. The complex …read more

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Case Study

Basic Design of the Bucket Wheel Excavator for the Goonyella Mine

Overburden stripping at Goonyella Mine has already reached the stage where drag lines alone cannot handle the depth or achieve the production targets required without the aid of additional (pre-stripping) equipment. Currently, a fleet of twelve scrapers is being used for this purpose but long term p…read more

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Technical Article

Introducing Geostatistics to the China Clay Industry

E.C.C. Ltd. extracts clay matrix from primary kaolin sources in the South West of England, the properties of which are inherently variable. Quality control procedures during the stages of processing ensure that the final products meet market requirements. Bore hole samples are used to assess the geo…read more

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Transporting and Loading Bulk Materials

Background details, basic design criteria, operational constraints and performance of two major materials handling installations are presented. The 18.8 km aerial rope way installed by BRECO for the Calcimine Company, Iran and which runs over very rugged mountainous terrain which for the early part …read more

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Modular Walking Draglines

The development of walking drag lines is presented in the context of current operational requirements and the design and development philosophy of the new breed of modular walking drag lines is outlined in detail. read more

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Technical Article

Hydrotransport in Coal Mines

The utilization of water as a transporting medium for coal belongs to a section of technology which is still unfamiliar to large sections of the mining industry. As a function of direction of the hydraulic flow to gravity hydrotransport can be classified into three groups. read more

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Circular Blending System for Coal

PHB Weserhütte (PWH) have built and recently commissioned two circular stockpile systems which are used to stack, homogenize and reclaim raw coal for Gewerkschaft Sophia Jacoba in Hückelhoven, Germany. The total system is the first circular stockpile blending plant of its kind in the world and bec…read more

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Everything under Control – A Web Enabled Asset Management Approach in the Primaries Industry

A new business process integration concept with web enabled asset management offers on line and offline tools for information management throughout the whole lifecycle of a plant, gathering and integrating information from the plant into business processes. read more

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Case Study

Fresh Air for Cement Plants – Loosen, Mix and Transport Powdery Goods with Compressed Air

Compressed air is often essential for transport, loosening and/or homogenisation tasks in producing powdery goods. This also applies to cement plants, where large numbers of screw compressors and positive displacement blowers are used in the production process. read more

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Case Study

Large Scale Fuel Storage Silos – Safe and Environmentally Friendly Storage of Coal, Coke or Wood Pellets

There is a growing number of reasons why companies that handle and store large quantities of bulk solids should care about environmental issues. Large scale storage silos offer a cost-efficient way to manage and minimise environmental impacts and can also be used for solid fuels such as coal, pet co…read more

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Technical Article

Skip-Conveying in Opencast Mines – An Approach to optimise Cost and Energy Efficiency in Hard Rock Mines

A special mining method developed by thyssenkrupp allows ore and overburden in hard rock mines to be transported more efficiently and with significantly lower environmental impact. It involves an integrated conveying and processing system to avoid heavy truck transportation in inverted cone-shaped o…read more

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