HEAVY ENGINEERING
The first cast at MTG
Monzon in 2012. The
recent new investment
grows the mining
focussed wear parts
facility even further
state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities are
unrivalled by both aftermarket and OEMs in the
local market. All CMS Cepcor ® aftermarket
compatible parts are manufactured and
warranted by CMS Cepcor and it is not implied
they originate from the OEM.”
also proven in cold
climates and freezing
conditions. Superior wear
and dent resistance allow
for increased service life
and the ability to
withstand heavy impact.”
Typical working conditions include loading and
unloading of heavy and sharp rocks in quarries
and mines, handling large and heavy steel scrap,
and in demolition when pieces of concrete with
rebar are loaded or dropped into tippers.
Hardox ® 500 Tuf has gone through rigorous
pre-launch testing in real life applications. Twice
the service life is possible:
n 85-100% longer estimated service life
compared to Hardox 400 (SSAB’s WearCalc
and TippCalc calculations based on sliding
wear with granite)
n Guaranteed impact energy of 27 J at -20°C
n Narrow Brinell hardness window of 475-505
HBW
n Highly dent and crack resistant when hit by
sharp and heavy objects. IM
MTG announces investment plans for
expanding Monzon plant
MTG has announced an investment of €7 million
to expand its plant in Monzon, Huesca, Spain
creating up to 50 new jobs before the end of
2019. The foundry is one of the most modern in
Europe, and it is equipped with state-of -the-art
technology for manufacturing wear parts for
earthmoving machinery in the mining,
construction and dredging sectors. The
investment is destined towards infrastructure
and machinery, allowing for progressively
increasing the productive capacity by 25%, and
it will be ready at the start of 2019. Since its
inauguration in 2012, the Monzon factory’s
performance has been very positive, and has
come at an accumulated investment of almost
€50 million. The new investment confirms the
positive business outlook that exists among the
three sectors the company operates in. During
this expansion stage, the company foresees
creating up to 50 jobs in Monzon, who will join
the existing, 250-strong workforce.
These plans for expansion will help
consolidate the strategic plan followed by the
company, whose exports represented 98% of
sales in 2017; Europe, North America, Asia Pacific
and Africa being its main markets.
SSAB launches new tough Hardox
grade
SSAB says its new Hardox ® 500 Tuf has
“exceptional strength, hardness and toughness
in one in the same wear plate. It is new and is
ready for wear. Hardox 500 Tuf combines the best
properties from Hardox ® 450 and 500 grades.
The result is a wear plate with no real
competition in the market. It is tough enough to
perform as a structural material in heavy-duty
tipper bodies and buckets. Its performance is
This is what
$16 million looks like
Our 2007 geotechnical study
recommended a 5° increase to the pit
slopes of Capstone’s Minto copper-gold
mine in the Yukon. Estimates suggested
this would reduce waste stripping by
~4.5 million tonnes.
Fast forward to 2011. The pit is
completed and we no longer need to
talk about estimates. We know what
happened.
As our rock engineering predicted,
the steeper, stable pit slopes saved
~$16 million in stripping costs.
All part of Capstone’s “relentless pursuit
of value”.
Ask us how we can add value to your
next project.
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