bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Continuous Versus Discontinuous Shipunloading This paper compares the advantages, disadvantages, and status of grab and continuous coal unloading systems for ocean-going ships. read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Climate Adaption: Extreme Weather Events and the Mining Industry The damage caused by recent flooding across eastern Australia highlights the vulnerability of the built environment to extreme weather events. Flooding is part of the natural cycle of climate variability everywhere so the current discussion about whether the recent floods were caused by climate chan…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Application Aspects of Continuous Unloaders There is currently a very rapid growth in volume of dry bulk shipments, requiring higher unloading rates, ship sizes, and different technical solutions and unloading equipment. Many consider that the upper practical limit of the size of grab unloaders has been reached Environmental constraints …read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Review of Raw Material Stacking and Reclamation Methods A comprehensive review of the processing equipment utilized within the minerals processing industry for stockpile raw material stacking, blending and reclaiming is presented. The benefits and shortcomings of each based on their as observed operational performance are given and relative comparison an…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Conneaut: An Economical Superport The Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Co.'s ore and coal bulk handling facility at Conneaut, Ohio on Lake Erie, Is one of the largest bulk terminals in the world. The author describes the design philosophy and the various construction stages of this superport and shows why and how economical terminal cha…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Canadian Grain Facility Undergoes Major Transformation Historic and beautiful Quebec City the capital of Quebec Province which was founded in 1608, is Canada's oldest city. It is strategically located at the intersection of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles Rivers. The junction of these two waterways provided a geographic ' natural' for the development o…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Truck Dispatching by Computer Simulation This paper describes the results of a digital computer simulation study in which the impact of the proposed truck dispatching on the overall mine productivity was investigated for an operating open pit mine. In the study the existing operation was first simulated for a one-month period using both t…read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Coal Loading Facilities in the Port of Newcastle The Newcastle Export Coal Trade has developed over the last 180 years such that there are more than 37 discrete seams of coal with a requirement for blending at the port area. This and the linking together of two export facilities has created a unique operating environment which has resulted in the …read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Sampling of Coal in the USA Over the years the use of mechanical sampling systems has grown rapidly in the USA. With about 1 billion (109) tons of coal being mined, the need for accurate sampling systems is proving itself throughout the industry. The complexity of coal sampling, however, has not made it easy to design and…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Control and Management of Bristol Port Company's New Bulk Handling Terminal Concol Systems Limited, Chesterfield, U.K., are proud to have provided the comprehensive automation and manage ment information system for the new bulk handling facility at Royal Portbury Dock, Bristol, U.K., as subcontractors to the Balfour Beatty/Birtley Joint Venture. read more
Case Study CDE commissions its largest C&D Waste Plant in Canada for Calgary Aggregate Recycling Recently commissioned at CAR’s recycling facility in south east Calgary, the new 250 tons per hour (tph) washing solution, designed and engineered by CDE, will take centre stage on Thursday 7th September 2023 as industry representatives gather to learn more about CDE’s innovative recycling proce…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Port Kembla - A State of the Art Coal Port The new Port Kembla coal loader, dedicated on November 22, 1982, was developed to satisfy the following criteria: superior environmental protection, capacity, one hour train tum-around time, environmentally acceptable unloading of 200,000 trucks a year, high reliability, ease of maintenance and clea…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study New Barge to Barge Terminal for Coal Transport A new barge-to-barge coal transfer terminal owned by International Marine Terminals (IMT) has just been placed in operation, meeting a need for additional capacity in transferring coal from inland river barges to large gulf barges suitable for movement across the Gulf of Mexico. Located on the west …read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Optimal Design and Operation of Raw Material Stockpile Homogenisers Layered stockpiles have the primary property of removing low frequency variability in quality although they reduce high frequency as well. Provided they are well designed the change in mean quality from pile to pile can be reduced to that acceptable for powder reactor control. A method for opti…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study United States Ports: Coal Based Expansion In the past 18 months 'International Bulk Journal' has published approximately 80 pages of text discussing in depth issues affecting the expansion of dry bulk handling ports on the North American continent. These detailed the various projects on the U.S. east and west coasts the Canadian west coast …read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study New Technology for a ‘new’ Mine – A sustainable, innovative Partnership for reactivating a Philipino Copper Mine In 2007 a Philipino copper mine was reactivated after half a decade of decommissioning. To improve the technical and financial results the mining company engaged a specialist company for the upgrade and expansion of the concentrator plant, the capacity of which grew by 50%. read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper 'Lean' Sample Preparation: Saving Money with your own Sample Preparation With a new and efficient system for sample preparation in the steel industry less material is needed to be sent out for external analysis providing a mayor saving in material costs. The mechanised preparation process results in more samples enabling a quality improvement in the actual production pro…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Port of Hay Point, Queensland With the opening of several new coal mines in Central Queensland, it became necessary to plan for increased storage and ship loading facilities to cater for the anticipated additional 30 10M/year production. The Port of Hay Point was selected as the site for these new facilities, some of the re…read more
bulk solids handling Journal 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
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Pneumatic Ship Unloading Plants for Poorly Flowing Bulk Materials The pneumatic discharge of free flowing materials has been realised for nearly a hundred years. The situation with respect to poorly flowing materials Is rather more difficult; until recently manual labour was used to loosen the product in the region of the suction nozzle. The author considers two l…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study The Siwertell Coal Unloader at Kingsnorth The Siwertell ship unloader is a continuous bulk unloader, that has been used extensively to unload cement, grain and feedstocks, and minerals. More recently, it has been used for unloading coal, and two Siwertells have been purchased by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) in Great Bri…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Conversion of a Port Facility from Import to Export at Longview, Washington The determination of new ways to cut costs in these times of economic uncertainty is essential in running a successful business. Arco Petroleum Products Company a Division of AUantic Richfield company recognized an opportunity for a substantial cost sav·ng in transporting calcined petroleum coke to…read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Powerful Protection: Fluid Couplings for Amored-face Conveyors To meet China’s enormous demand, more and more coal has to be mined within shorter times. During mining the coal is transported from the seam on armoredface conveyors. For the conveyor drives, Voith Turbo has developed one of the world’s most powerful mining coupling with a transmission capacity…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Programmable Controllers at New Pellet Terminal Programmable Controllers are utilized extensively at the Lorain Pellet Terminal in Lorain, Ohio, USA. This facility was commissioned in August, 1980 making it the latest and most modern transshipment terminal on the Great Lakes. Several different types of iron ore pellets are received by self- unloa…read more