SOUTH AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES
The OEM has just invested in a new CRM system, as well as achieving ISO 9001 accreditation, all as it is celebrating its 35th anniversary.“ Our extensive experience in wear linings means we can often detect a problem before the engineers can,” Garcia adds. Rio-Carb prides itself on being proactive in assisting its customers in developing ideal solutions for specific applications or industry-related problems.
“ We sit and engage with our customers in order to meet their needs, often at the drawing-office level. Apart from CrC being such a unique product, its benefits are dependent on efficient design and welding, taking into account factors such as low-slip angles, long life, and minimum downtime,” Garcia concludes.
With more than 30 years of experience, Rio-Carb says its long-life CrC liners achieve eight to 10 times the wear life of industry-standard 400 and 500 BHN steel materials, which dramatically reduces operational costs as a result of less downtime and change-outs.
Mineral processing excellence
The demand from customers to provide a cyclone solution where the wellestablished and recognised Multotec
The Multotec Tornado 660 cyclone is available in varying configurations providing a high level of flexibility. For example, it can be supplied with a different cone angle to facilitate varying cut points, and differing spigot and vortex finder sizes are available
cyclone can be retrofitted into existing 26 in cyclone clusters has seen this leading OEM engineer and design such a solution.
Richard Haydon, Process Manager at Multotec Process Equipment, says this flange-to-flange-fit solution will allow customers to reap the benefits of the Multotec cyclone technology in a retrofit installation.“ Multotec high capacity classification cyclones achieve optimal separation while offering plants low overall operating costs.
“ Multotec also has a solid reputation for the on-site support of its products across the African continent and customers opting for this retrofit option will now have immediate access to the same high levels of backup that have underpinned our equipment supply across mining regions,” Haydon says.
Significantly, Multotec operates a branch network located strategically in the main mining centres in Africa and Haydon confirms that this means
International Mining Editor Paul Moore and Publisher John Chadwick go the extra mile to report on real mines and mining projects globally and in person, unlike competitor titles. So far in 2015 and early 2016 alone, visits have included the following:
COUNTRY OPERATIONS REPORTED ON
INDONESIA |
Kaltim Prima Coal( coal) |
USA |
KUC Bingham Canyon( copper) |
PERU |
Cerro Verde( copper) |
SOUTH AFRICA |
Goldplat Recovery( gold, PGMs) |
SWEDEN |
Boliden Garpenberg( polymetallic) |
TURKEY |
Aldridge Yenipazar( polymetallic) |
RUSSIA |
Eurochem Kovdorskiy( phosphate) |
AUSTRALIA |
Rio Tinto Tom Price / Marandoo( iron ore) |
FINLAND |
Outokumpu Kemi( chromite) |
UK |
Compass Minerals Winsford( salt) |
BRAZIL |
Anglo American Minas Rio( iron ore) |
COLOMBIA |
Drummond Pribbenow / El Descanso( coal) |
48 International Mining | JANUARY 2017