A look at the design and maintenance of mechanical conveyors for this vital American mining region. By Dan Baxter Several factors play into the safety, reliability, and maintenance requirements of mechanical conveying systems. And while all mining and mineral processing operations are more demanding of their mechanical conveying equipment, handling iron ore and taconite in the Iron Range requires special…
Read MoreThe Government of Canada has awarded Rio Tinto Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) C$18.1 million to support the decarbonization of iron ore processing at its operations in Labrador West. Canada’s contribution represents approximately 25% of the total cost of the project, with IOC funding the remainder of the investment. “Rio Tinto IOC has a plan to decarbonize and continue…
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Australian equipment producer Schlam has launched its newest product targeting increased payload as well as a longer service life, the Hercules EXO dump body. The 240-tonne class, iron ore-specific body comes in 20% lighter in weight than its previous Hercules release, along with a complete redesign. That reduced weight offers a greater payload potential, and the material selection made for…
Read MorePennsylvania-based Eriez recently conducted a lab study with its HydroFloat coarse particle flotation system and found that installing the system at the mill circuit can cut power usage in half. The engineering analysis found that the power savings comes from a sizeable decrease in the mill load, and also that about 30% of the total run of mine mill feed…
Read MoreMetso Outotec has landed a €17 million order for key grinding equipment for ArcelorMittal’s Las Truchas iron ore processing facility in Mexico, which is currently undergoing a refurbishment.
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Leveraging the company’s extensive experience as the original inventor of the pelletizing process, Metso Outotec has developed a suite of new digital solutions to ensure the optimal operation and maintenance of iron ore pelletizing plants over their entire life cycle. Metso Outotec said that the solutions will improve process performance, production capacity, and product quality while at the same time…
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