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Currently the mining industry is

increasing its focus on operational

excellence and safety performance

toward zero-harm levels. Factors driving this

increased focus include the need to obtain

greater efficiencies not only to address the

rising capital costs for mining assets such as

equipment, fuel, tyres, and manpower, but

their overall operation as well, and in-pit

crushing and conveying is an important part of

this. Reduction of CO2 emissions is also a key

driver.

There has been a tendency in the mining

press in recent years to focus only on the

newest fully mobile in-pit crushing and

conveying systems from the various OEMs.

While these do represent one of the most

innovative and exciting parts of the market, it

is important to remember that other, related

areas such as semi-mobile systems, long

distance waste conveying and disposal via

spreader, and even the application of other

technologies such as bucket-wheels and

surface miners in certain situations, all deserveattention. This is highlighted by the latest

industry order for a semi-mobile system – to be

supplied by FLSmidth to PT Adaro Indonesia.

There also continue to be new variations on

the fully mobile theme, as shown by

FLSmidth’s Dual Truck Mobile Sizer.

Hotspot areas currently include the bauxite

and iron ore mines in Brazil; as well as Indian

and Chinese coal and coal overburden. The

actual number of installed systems is still

relatively small, with some of the previously

delivered fully mobile systems having seen

intermittent use for various reasons. In addition

to this is the industry reluctance to be the

guinea pig for new (or newly considered)

technology. However, overall there is a feeling

among both OEMs and the mining houses,

that IPCC as a concept is gathering

momentum – this is shown by the landmark

MMD order in China for Pingshuo, as well as a

number of orders bound for Brazil, which are

in the process of being built but are covered by

confidentiality agreements.

In waste mining technologies, the traditional

stripping machine in the Brazilian bauxite

mining industry is the crawler dozer, or in

some cases, small draglines. However, with

increasing overburden depths and higherlabour and fuel costs, some groups are again

thought to be looking at bucket wheel and

spreader technology, as well as excavator,

hopper and direct casting spreader designs.

The reasons for the IPCC momentum

include there being no let up on increases in

truck haulage costs, which can represent

approximately 50% of mining capital and

operating costs in large open-pit mines. That

said there is a distinction to be made between

IPCC in large flat bedded coal, iron ore and

bauxite mines and their application in large,

deep hard rock open-pit mines.

Dave Tutton, Consultant Mining Engineer

comments: “Large open pit copper and gold

mines focus on maximising value by aggressive

vertical development rates that are not

conducive to semi-fixed structures such as

crushers, conveyors and conveyor crossovers.

To find greater application for IPCC, this part

of the industry will require more flexible

systems and the ability to accommodate them

within the mine plan without significantly

impacting the metal and waste schedules. Thiswill require innovation from both the supplier

and the mine operator.”

Despite these challenges, there is definitely

renewed interest in high tonnage IPCC systems

In Pit Crushing and Conveying –

gathering momentum

Paul Moore spoke to theleading IPCC players aboutthe ongoing interest andresearch into this technologyarea, as well as new ordersand existing systems

One of the two Sandvik 8,000 t/h semi-mobile IPCC

plants at the Aitik mine in Sweden

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in base metals for processing waste rock.

While the majority of projects are looking at

semi-mobile systems with gyratory crushers, a

few may also be suitable for sizers. Large open

pits continue to evolve requiring reassessment

of crusher station locations – highlighted by

BHP Billiton’s recent commitment to the

Escondida Ore Access project (EOA), the first of

a number of development options that will

underline Escondida’s status as the world’spremier copper operation. It involves a major

relocation of semi-fixed crushing and

conveying infrastructure. The EOA project will

relocate the crushing and conveying facilities

currently located inside Escondida’s main pit to

improve access to higher grade ore and

thereby support higher production from 2013.

The project is expected to cost $554 million

and will be completed by mid-calendar year

2012.

In Australia, the commissioning of Sino Iron

project’s four semi-mobile crushing and

conveying systems from ThyssenKrupp is

ongoing – these will be the largest in-pit

gyratory crusher installations in Australia.

Mechanical installation of the first in-pit

crusher is nearing completion, while the

second crusher has been delivered to site.

Employing gyratories, each will have the

capacity to crush 4,250 t/h of magnetite and

are powered electrically by the project’s

combined-cycle gas-fired power station. When

ready for relocation, the crushers will be un-

coupled and moved to the new location using

crawler units.

The following summarises some of the key

developments at the major IPCC equipment

players including existing machines and new

deliveries. In addition to the OEMs, the key

consultants are playing a major role – SKMhaving worked with Rio Tinto on the Clermont

project, Vale at Carajas and in conjunction

with SNC-Lavalin on an expansion at the

Cerrejon mine in Colombia; AMEC is working

with CSN in Brazil on a planned expansion;

and Snowden and JT Boyd are also working on

several key projects.

Terra Nova Technologies (TNT), a wholly

owned subsidiary of AMEC, is a premier

supplier of material handling systems,

including patented mobile stacking techniques

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that are ideal for overburden

spreading. They are a

departure from traditional

spreading methods, and

make it possible to spread

waste using self-advancing

dumps, eliminating the need

for shiftable conveyors and

ex-pit trucks. IPCC handling

of overburden, spread using

self-advancing dumps,

reduces the initial startup

time and costs for greenfield

sites.

As announced in the April

2011 issue of IM , a contract

was signed in February

between China Coal Energy

Group and MMD for thesupply of an IPCC system that

includes MMD's award winning Low Profile

Mobile Sizer (LPMS) fully mobile rig. This unit is

not only the first of the "third generation"

MMD high-capacity (>5,000 t/h) fully mobile

sizing units to go into operation but it will also

be the first MMD fully mobile unit to go into

operation in China, where the group has

already been highly successful with semi-

mobile systems, in addition to a number of

other countries, including seven sizer stations

designed for Mae Moh in Thailand.

The new order arose from a tender issued

by China Coal for the Pingshou East open pit

mining area in Shanxi province. All of the

major manufacturers took part in the tender

and MMD admits it was far from offering the

lowest cost solution, but had the advantage of

past experience in having delivered successful

fully mobile units of this capacity before – the

first being BMA’s MS1 unit which went into

service at the Goonyella Riverside mine in

2001. MMD also attributes the order success

to the unique features of the LPMS sizing rig,

which incorporates a number of innovations

and unique features, the culmination of

experience gained from previous models.

While headquartered in the UK, MMD has

its own wholly-owned operations on every

continent and used its Beijing-based company

MMD China in the finalising of the deal and

negotiations, which is part of its MMD Asia

Pacific division and is run entirely by Chinese

nationals. Technical support is supplied from

UK-based specialists only when necessary. A

similar approach is being used for the

manufacture of the units on order, in thatspecialist components are being imported but

the balance are being made in China – where

MMD has its own manufacturing facility and a

second is in the planning stage.

The MMD system on order will be used to

handle overburden, consisting primarily of

sandstones with a UCS (hardness) of up to 120

Mpa and a density of 2.7 kg/cm3. The horizons

contain several muddy layers and are expected

to get sticky in the short wet season, as the

daily precipitation can exceed 150 mm/d. The

material, produced from 15 m benches of up

to 1,540 m in length, will be loaded by a 60

m3 capacity rope shovel into the MMD LPMS

mobile sizing rig which is mounted on a

custom built MMD carrier. The material is then

transferred from the 150 m³ low profile

hopper by a low angle MMD D9 apron plate

feeder, fitted with an electro-mechanical

variable speed drive, capable of providing a

controlled flow of material to the MMD 1400

series mineral sizer at a rate of over 9,000 t/h.

The sizer reduces the ROM material

(maximum dimensions of 2.5 m x 2.5 m x 2 m)

to a product suitable for belt conveying (400

mm maximum) before feeding this onto a

short sacrificial belt which carries it to the rigs’

integral slewing/luffing take-away conveyor.

This in turn feeds the MMD hopper car

mounted on the movable face conveyor via an

independent mobile 70 m bridge conveyor.

The face conveyor, subsequent haulage system,

stacking and spreading systems are not part of

MMD’s scope of supply, but are subject to

separate tender processes.

When in full production, the MMD sizing rigwill move frequently, up to twice an hour, with

the normal advance being a distance of ± 5 m.

The LPMS rig’s low profile, compact, balanced

design and the absence of any stabilising jacks

when coupled with its

ability to continue sizing

whilst moving will make for

a virtually seamless loading

operation possible,

according to MMD.

The MMD supplied units

have been designed to

work around the clock

which means in the normal

mining environment it will

see about 6,500/7,000 h of

service a year. The absence

of a slew ring, combined

with the inherent low

maintenance of the MMD

sizer, make it the least

maintenance intensive

element in the whole IPCCsystem. This should lead to

a situation where the minimal routine

maintenance of the MMD supplied units can be

accomplished within the time-frame of the

normal planned preventative maintenance

stoppages.

MMD sees one of its main strengths in

being a relatively small company, which

patented the sizer in the first place back in

1978 – with the sizer remaining at the core of

any viable modern IPCC system. The company

managed to convince the industry then of the

advantages of sizer technology and was the

first to deliver a fully mobile IPCC solution on

which it has been able to make many key

improvements based on real in-the-field use.

FLSmidth has been one of the groups at

the forefront of fully mobile IPCC systems in

recent years, with its development of the Triple

Track Mobile Sizer (TTMS). The group delivered

a major overburden removal system based on

the TTMS to Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) in

2008, as well as subsequently developing the

Dual Truck Mobile Sizer (DTMS).

The TTMS is designed for the removal of

overburden and at FMG is used to expose the

iron ore floor allowing extraction by other

mechanical mining processes. The TTMS

system derives its name from its unique

suspension undercarriage. It is triangular in

nature and thus ensures an inherently stable

three-point suspension for good stability. This

design reduces stress on the main frame

structure. FLSmidth believes that the system is

unique in the fact that it was designed to be

completely mobile and move under load. There

are no outriggers and/or feet that need to belowered to improve stability. The TTMS operator

simply controls the machine using a joystick to

follow the excavation path of the shovel.

The DTMS is an innovative technical solution

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that offers haul truck flexibility with complete

mobility utilising a shiftable face conveyor.

FLSmidth engineered a machine incorporating

hinged, flat hoppers. The system can be

relocated as the haul distances become too

great. When a truck backs into the skip, it will

back against the curb in the floor of the skip. It

will dump its load on the skip floor, pull slowly

ahead, lower its bed, and pull away. After the

truck clears the end of the skip, the skip can

be raised. As the skip is elevated, it begins to

pour material from the discharge of the skip

and deposits the material into the apron

feeder hopper. As material is introduced onto

the apron feeder, the apron feeder begins

conveying the material to the sizer. As the

material leaves the apron feeder, it falls into

the sizer. After being crushed, the material is

discharged onto the discharge conveyor where

it is conveyed to the bench conveyor. This

process is performed while another haul truck

is depositing material into the twin skip.

In the semi-mobile area, FLSmidth has

recently signed a contract in Jakarta worth in

excess of $135m with PT Adaro Indonesia to

supply materials handling equipment to its coal

mine in the Tanjung district of South

Kalimantan. The materials handling

equipment will be part of Adaro's

expansion of its mining operations

and will decrease the average

hauling distance of the overburden

trucking operations as well as

reduce the company's dependencyon oil. The contract comprises an

out-of-pit overburden crushing and

conveying system, consisting of

FLSmidth ABON sizers, RAHCO overland

conveyors, and RAHCO mobile stacking

conveyors. The system has a capacity of

12,000 t/h and an annual overburden volume

of 40 Mbcm. The contractual elements

regarding construction, supervision and

management, as well as field service, will be

supplied by FLSmidth Indonesia.

“This material handling contract is the first

in Indonesia and reflects a growing market in

the region, particularly in the minerals sector

where mining companies are expanding. Being

the first of its kind in Indonesia, the project will

act as a catalyst for other potential orders in

the region and for our participation in the

continued expansion of Adaro's mining

activities, which makes the contract significant

for FLSmidth,” Group CEO of

FLSmidth Jørgen Huno

Rasmussen commented.

“Adaro has

increased its

production every

year since 1992

and we are now among the top five exporters

of thermal coal in the world – and all from just

one site. Overburden mining and haulage is

one of our biggest challenges. In 2010 we

hauled 226 Mbcm of overburden, and this

year we are planning to haul more than 290

Mbcm. The equipment supplied by FLSmidth

will increase the efficiency with which this

large amount of overburden is transported and

help secure Adaro's unbroken track record of

continuous growth,” said Garibaldi Boy Thohir,

President Director of Adaro Energy.

The order will contribute beneficially to

FLSmidth's earnings until the end of 2012.

FLSmidth’s operations in Spokane, Washington

and Boise, Idaho are jointly executing the

project, with FLSmidth Spokane taking the

lead. The sizer stations themselves will be

semi-mobile and are being designed andsupplied out of Boise, as are the semi-mobile

head and tail stations.

Sandvik Mining & Construction was the

lead contractor in the delivery of a large semi-

mobile IPCC system that has been operating

successfully at the Mae Moh mine in Thailand

since 2002. The group also installed two 8,000

t/h semi-mobile IPCC systems at the Boliden

Aitik mine in Sweden and two 10,000 t/h jaw

crusher based systems with scalping at the

Vale Carajas mine in Brazil.

Its fully mobile solution, the PF300, offers a

new stability concept according to the group.

Following the launch of the design, Sandvik's

Thomas Jabs, Global Product Line Manager

Materials Handling commented: "We see

strong signs of interest in fully-mobile crushing

concepts in all the big mining markets,

engineering houses and operating houses

worldwide. They are seeking

alternatives to truck intensive mining.

Our newly developed fully-mobile

crushing plant makes the IPCC method a

better alternative to traditional truck

haulage due to lower operating and

maintenance costs, higher energy efficiency

and reduced CO2 footprint.

This is where the fully mobile crushing

concept perfectly fits and what the

PF300 is developed for. Sandvik

improvements to IPCC help ensure

higher production and profitability,

while reducing dust, noise and

pollution".

The design allows loading of the

crusher via hydraulic or rope

shovels without any temporarysupport, keeping the system fully

mobile and rock solid under all

conditions while machine

excitement is significantly reduced. This not

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The first Sandvik PF300 is expected to begin

production in Brazil in early 2012

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only keeps availability at a high level,

but also improves the positioning of the

machine. The PF300 can either work in

combination with a belt wagon, mobile

transfer conveyors, or load bridges as

the connecting downstream link to the

face conveyor. According to Sandvik, the

machine can be equipped with a sizer,

double-roll crusher or hybrid-crusher, to

address the needs of multiple

applications, with coal, overburden, iron

ore and oil sands listed as the main

application areas for the machine.

To date the group has yet to deliver a

fully mobile system, but in late 2009

orders for two units were placed. One

of these was from a Brazilian customer

for a complete crushing and materials-

handling system that includes a PF300mobile unit. Fabrication of the system is

almost completed; delivery of the

components and erection will start in the

coming months and the unit is expected to be

operational in early 2012.

Sandvik is also working on the possible

installation of a semi-mobile IPCC system in

Chile at a copper-gold project.

P&H Mining Equipment offers automation

technology combined with faster, information

processing technology to improve the

efficiency of its electric mining shovels, but is

now adopting unique automation technology

to help improve operational excellence in the

material handling processes used in open pit

mining. To help increase overburden material

handling efficiency and safety, P&H Mining

Equipment has developed a range of in-pit

crushing-conveying technology options that

can be applied in fixed, semi-mobile and fully

mobile configurations.

These include a stationary system, comprised

of a sizer or feeder-breaker linked to a

conveyor system, for example, that can be

situated near a shovel tasked with loading a

small but well-utilised fleet of haul trucks,

shortening their load-dump-return circuit

distance – an arrangement that frees up other

mine assets to concentrate on moving more

valuable commodity material.

A semi-mobile tandem design is also

offered, consisting of two ‘feeder-breaker-

sizers’, one of which continues to operate

while the other unit is re-positioned to

minimise the advance of shovel-truck loading

positions. Finally, the company can offer the

4170C, a fully mobile, crawler-mounted

mining crusher unit that is integrated with the

mining shovel to which it is paired for efficient,

synchronised relocations.

P&H Mining Equipment says that it offers

“unique IPCC system advantages including an

application-optimising process that includes a

‘4D Visualisation’ system that combines a

mine’s 3D topography with IPCC system

application scenarios to help visualise the

interplay of the shovel, feeder-

breaker-sizer unit, conveyors and

spreaders as the overburden and

commodity mining phases

advance.”

P&H further applies “total cost of

ownership” or TCO analysis to

provide insights into cost flows and

cost structure scenarios, factoring in

life-of-mine horizons and annual

tonnage requirements as the IPCC

system options are applied year-

over-year.

Using such powerful analytical

tools, mine management can obtain

useful comparisons to help identify

IPCC configurations from shovel to

spreader that point toward optimal

material throughput for reducedoperating cost.

P&H IPCC systems also include a

powerful “Centurion” supervisor control and

data acquisition or SCADA system that

monitors all of the systems on the shovel as

well as the IPCC to which it is tasked.

Important advantages of that SCADA include

optimisation of the shovel and the IPCC system

as they interact, plus synchronisation of the

shovel and IPCC maintenance schedules to

help the mine obtain “unmatched” IPCC

system availability.

P&H shovel-IPCC systems are supported by a

global network of P&H MinePro Services teams

that provide a full range of life cycle

management coverage including logistics, 24/7

emergency response, remote health

monitoring and reliability-centred maintenance,

plus performance-enhancing upgrades that

help increase reliability and productivity.

ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik is one of the

groups that has played a major role in the

development of cost-efficient in-pit crushing

systems and given its history of installations

dating back many years, is one of the most

experienced and successful manufacturers of

fixed and semi-mobile crushing systems, which

has also helped the company make the move

into the fully mobile arena. The first major

milestone in open pit mine equipment

development of this kind for the Mining

Business Unit of ThyssenKrupp was the world’s

first fully mobile crushing system of a new

design, delivered to the YiminHe coal mine in

China in 2007. The crushing plant processes

ROM coal at a rate of 3,000 t/h. This

successful operation at YiminHe led to afurther order for four fully mobile crushing

systems – which are currently under

construction – for the Baiyinhua coal field in

China. Three of the four systems will be used

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One of P&H Mining Equipment’s offerings is the

4170C; a fully mobile, crawler-mounted mining

crusher unit that is integrated with the mining shovel

to which it is paired for efficient, synchronised

relocations

Heavy duty conveyor beltsConveyor belts that have to handle coarse crushed rock, particularly on exit from a primary

crusher, have to have enhanced impact resistance and strength compared to standard material

transport conveyors. Goodyear has just launched its ConquestXP line of heavy duty belts, which

have potential application in the IPCC market. Designed using computer modelling and FEA

analysis, ConquestXP has a new dual twill fabric weave layer offering improved load bearing and

impact resistance. Design engineers used an enhanced Dynamic Impact Tester to simulate

loading impact force and its effects on belting. The dual layer twill fabric enables high transversetear strength, which minimises tears that result from material punctures as well as edge tears

from misaligned belts. Dynamic and static testing also means that ConquestXP belts can provide

superior mechanical fastener retention compared with mutli-ply and straight warp constructions.

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to remove overburden, each having a nominal

capacity of 6,000 t/h. One 3,000 t/h system

will be used for coal processing.

In 2010 ThyssenKrupp then received an

order for two fully mobile crushing systems for

overburden handling in an iron ore open pit

mine in Brazil. Each crushing plant is equipped

with a double-roll crusher and operates in the

mine together with a shovel crushing

overburden at a rate of up to 3,900 t/h. A

particular challenge here was the planning and

realisation of such a system for a mine typewhich typically extend downwards with fairly

steep pit walls, in comparison to coal mines,

which typically have relatively wide benches.

Ongoing research and development,

including the realisation of higher capacity

ranges or considering different types of mining

operations – is are carried out by

ThyssenKrupp with the aim of optimising fully

mobile crushing and conveying systems

according to customer requirements.

In 1995 Takraf started a new chapter in its

production history. That involved the planning,

calculation, design, production and assembly

of primary sizer rigs (stations), which are

designed as stationary and semi-mobile units,

including the associated equipment. Takraf

states that is has "successfully positioned itself

as a worldwide supplier specialising in

equipment that comminutes, conveys and

discharges waste in consolidated bedrock

mines." The company now has 19 large-scale

sizer rigs that have been commissioned with

designed throughput rates of 2,500-12,000

t/h.

Following on from this came the

development of mobile sizer rigs - specifically

the fully mobile BRF-W2-12000. This rig is

currently deployed in Queensland, Australia at

the Clermont mine operated by Rio Tinto Coal

Australia and is designed to size hardoverburden with a hardness up to 175 MPa.

The rig was developed and designed in a

record time of only six months and has been in

use since July of 2009. The group states that it

is also already working on “even more

effective solutions relating to continuous

mining technologies used in bedrock.”

The Clermont sizer rig operates in

conjunction with a conveyor system, a tripper

car and an overburden spreader. It has a

design throughput of 12,000 t/h and weighs

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approximately 1,500 t, making it one of the

largest mobile sizer rigs currently operating in

the world.

Materials can be comminuted, transported

and dumped continuously thanks to the

mobility of the entire complex system. As a

result of that, it is possible to achieve

considerably higher outputs compared with

discontinuously operating technologies.

Another advantage of the complex system is

that it can be controlled centrally by only one

system operator, whose station is located on

the overburden spreader. With the aid of a

special monitoring system all necessary data

are made available to the system operator and

ensure a reliable operation of the entire

system.

Due to the machine's scope of work and

taking into consideration stability under all

operating load conditions and special load

cases as well as the operating weight, Takraf

implemented a so-called triple crawler

undercarriage with six individual crawler tracks

arranged in pairs for this sizer rig. The

supporting forces are distributed to each pair

of crawler tracks statically via three support

points on the substructure. A change in the

sizer rig's direction of travel is implemented by

aligned swivelling of the two pivotable control

crawler tracks at two of the support points

using the tiller claws.

All individual crawler tracks are mounted

such that they can float independent of one

another to accommodate the uneven terrain.

Each individual crawler track is driven by

means of electric motors for advancing thesizer rig.

The superstructure is mounted on the

undercarriage such that it can swivel by means

of a geared ball bearing and is used for

accommodating and supporting the apron

feeder, the sizer discharge conveyor and the

boom conveyor, which is equipped with its

own hoisting mechanism and slewing

mechanism. Thanks to the slewability of the

superstructure and the separate adjustability of

the boom conveyor, it is possible to achieve a

very high positioning accuracy of the material

feed and/or material transfer.

The twin shaft sizer is positioned centrally

on the superstructure. To minimise any repair

related downtime, a solution was found that

allows for moving the twin shaft sizer

including drive systems over its entire length in

a longitudinal direction to the optimum service

position where there is sufficient work space.

Moreover, there is also a possibility for side-

to-side movement for removing the lateral

drive systems. The material is supplied by a

rope shovel of the type P&H 4100XPC with the

aid of a feed hopper to the apron feeder. The

maximum feed volume is about 56 m³, which

corresponds to a weight of about 110 t. The

capacity of the hopper is designed at 170 m³.

This capacity guarantees a continuous supply

of material to the twin shaft sizer while taking

the loading cycle of the rope shovel into

account. Level sensors monitor the height of

the material on the apron feeder and regulate

the transport speed.

The apron feeder is supported in a

"statically determined" manner in every

operating mode. During excavation, the apron

feeder generally rests on the subgrade by way

of a pontoon. This solution offers the

advantage that all loads caused by the materialfeed are distributed directly to the subgrade.

During transport the apron feeder can be

raised and lowered using the hydraulic

cylinders arranged on both sides. The material

(maximum ROM size 2.05 m x 2 m x 1.5 m) is

supplied by the apron feeder to the twin shaft

sizer by way of a feed hopper. The crushed

product material is specified to have maximum

dimensions of 450 mm x 350 mm x 350 mm

for transport via the conveyor systems. A

discharge belt that is arranged below the twin

shaft sizer transports the comminuted material

to the belt of the boom conveyor by means of

a slewable central hopper. IM

This entire subject from fixed to semi-mobile

and fully mobile IPCC as well as related

technologies will be covered at IM’s

forthcoming IPCC event in Belo Horizonte,

Brazil from 21-23 September, 2011. Speakers

have already been confirmed from SKM,

Snowden, FLSmidth, Sandvik and others. For

more information contact the IM Editor, Paul

Moore at [email protected]

IPCC DEVELOPMENTS


The Takraf machine at Clermont has a design capacity

of 12,000 t/h

ThyssenKrupp fully mobile crushing plant design with

conveyor bridge for single bench operation

moore 2011 j

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