MINING PUMPS
With a new building, and some outstanding
people, some of whom I have had the honour to
work with before, I honestly believe we have
created something very special to focus on
looking after our customers in the global mining
and quarrying businesses.”
He adds: “We have taken all our combined
knowledge and experience of operating
throughout the European and African mining
markets and we believe we have designed some
of the toughest and most rugged mining pumps
available today including our new hydraulic
submersible pump range and engine driven
slurry pumps which have some unique features,
such as the Cycloseal from Cornell which is
already extending seal life and uptime at the
mines around the world in places like Australia
and America.”
accessible and
adjustable parts than
other slurry pumps.
The XHD is used in
applications such as
primary metals,
mineral processing,
non-metallic mining,
power utilities, and
sand and
aggregates.”
Elsewhere, three
ITT Engineered
Valves Fabri-Valve ®
products, the 33 PTA
An ABEL HMQ pump at a minesite
and 33 PTD push-
through slurry valves and the newly released
OM150 urethane-lined knife gate valve, can be
ABEL tackles heap leach pumping
When properly designed and operated, heap
leach pads are a cost effective method for
extracting gold or other metals. Bill Davis, Inside
Sales Manager at ABEL Pumps comments:
“Improper design or operation can result in
environmental and/or economic disaster. When
designing and operating a heap leach pad for
metal-containing ore extraction, there is no
substitute for experience and choosing the right
pump for the various processes is essential.
Proper lime addition is essential for keeping the
pH balance of the reacting ore. This is often
accomplished with the use of a piston-diaphragm
pump. This type of pump excels in this
application because of the inherent ability of a
positive displacement pump to deliver constant
volumetric flow regardless of pressure variation.
The ABEL CM and HM series are a great choice
for this task.”
Much like lime addition, cement/binder
addition requires constant volumetric flow
regardless of pressure variation. “Add the need
for abrasive wear resistance that isn’t possible in
other pump designs and an ABEL CM or HM
piston-diaphragm pump remains an excellent
choice. Considering that the pregnant solution is
the most valuable asset of the mine operation,
and properly controlled cyanide addition is
essential for optimal gold extraction. With a wide
variety of materials available, once again ABEL
CM or HM piston – diaphragm pump pumps are
perfect for this task.”
Traffic diversion & stop signs
were completely ignored by
flood waters
When nearly 300mm of rain fell in
3 days, this South African mine was
inundated by surface water run-off.
Capital repairs and loss of earnings
resulting from the 4 month closure
cost over US$100 million.
Our diversion solution will make
sure the next flood behaves the
way it’s supposed to.
If only we’d been involved earlier
we could have put that flood water
in its place.
ITT heavy duty options
The ITT Goulds Pumps XHD extra heavy duty
metal and rubber lined slurry pumps have been
designed for the toughest slurry applications.
“Designed to set new standards for reliability, the
XHD model can replace existing slurry pumps
with minimal baseplate and piping changes and
be maintained even while running, with more
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