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thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions is developing a new materials handling system in Canada, Mary River Iron ore mine, mining in Canada.
screen and store the ore produced in the Mary River Mine all
year round and load it onto Panamax or Capesize ships during
the ice-free season. For example, the system can fully load a
Capesize ship in just one day.
Few people outside Canada know much about Baffi n Island,
the fi fth largest island in the world with a surface area of over
500 000 km 2 (almost 1.5 times the size of Germany) and
a population of under 12 000. One reason for the low
population fi gure is the harsh climate roughly 600km north
of the Arctic Circle. Spring arrives in mid-July and winter
returns in September. Baffi nland Iron Ore Mines operates the
Mary River Mine at the northern end of Baffi n Island in the
Canadian Nunavut territory. At a latitude of around 72°, it is
one of the northernmost mines in the world and has been
producing high-quality iron ore for 12 months a year since
2015. The ore is transported from the mine to Milne Inlet
port on the northern coast around 100km away. As part of
the overall project, this transportation will be converted from
road to rail.
MONGOLIA:
WINDERS FOR LARGEST
FRICTION HOIST
South African based Becker Mining has supplied the
rope attachments equipment currently being fi tted to
the winder ropes of the world’s largest friction hoists.
This equipment has been designed and manufactured by
the Becker Mining team in South Africa, to meet specifi c winding
requirements of a leading copper mine in Mongolia.
“Becker Mining’s rope attachments equipment consists of both
running and spare sets of rope attachments for all three winders being installed as production, service and auxiliary hoists,” says
Tom Searle, senior general manager at Capital, Becker Mining South Africa. “The production hoist rope attachments consist of
six strings of hydraulically adjusting headrope sets, six strings of fi xed head rope sets and 12 sets of tail rope attachments. A
complete spare set, which is identical to the running set, was also supplied.
“The service hoist has identical attachments to the production hoist and is enhanced by a complete set of spares. “Both the
production and service hoists, which are friction winders, are the largest mine winders of this type ever to be installed.”
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