Oyu Tolgoi High Tension Bend Pulleys – Improved Performance
Oyu Tolgoi is a large copper mine that has both open-cut and underground operations and has been operating since 2013. The mine is jointly owned by the Mongolian government and Rio Tinto and is located in the South Gobi Desert. Once fully operational, the mine is expected to produce 450,000 tonnes of copper annually.
Vale’s Vargem Grande Iron Ore Conveyor Lagging Problem
Vale-operated Vargem Grande mine site is located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil and contains 2.53 billion tonnes of proven and probable iron ore reserves, making it the world’s fourth biggest iron ore mining operation. The Vargem Grande site comprises three open-pits: Tamandua, Capitao do Mato and Aboboras.
White FDA-approved Ceramic Lagging – bulk sugar ship-loading conveyor
Sugar Australia operates a specialised food-grade bulk refined sugar vessel, MV “Pioneer”. Elastotec developed a white ceramic lagging made from FDA materials approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for handling sugar on a ship-loading conveyor drive pulley.
BlueScope Steel Port Kembla
BlueScope steel was formerly a business within BHP Billiton that became and independent company in 2002. With well known brands such as COLORBOND®, ZINCALUME® and GALVABOND® BlueScope provides engineered building solutions to meet a multitude of end uses.
PT Freeport
Grasberg Mine PT Freeport Indonesia – PROK/Elastotec Hot Vulcanised Ceramic Lagging Case Study. The Grasberg open pit mine is the largest gold mine and the third largest copper mine in the world.
PT Kembla Coal Terminal
In early 2012 Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) identified a need to refurbish the drive pulleys on their two Stacker Reclaimer units. Included in this refurbishment was replacement of the lagging.
