December 04, 2008

Siemens to supply gearless system for grinding mills to CITIC Heavy

It is reported that the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group has received an order from CITIC Heavy Machinery, Luoyang to supply gearless drive systems for five 40 foot autogenously grinding mills for use in Sino Iron ore project in Australia. The order is worth around EUR 60 million and the ore mills are scheduled to start operating successively in the course of 2009.

The systems from Siemens each have an output of 28 MW and are therefore the most powerful mill drives that are commercially available.

Mr Ren Qinxin GM of Citic Heavy Machinery commented that “This is a landmark project for both our companies. It is the biggest order for ore mills ever placed in the mining industry. With Siemens, we have a good cooperation history and a deep relationship. We are confident together we will be able to successfully implement this outstanding project.”

The Sino Iron project in the Pillbara region of west Australia is being developed by CITIC Pacific Co Ltd in collaboration with Chinese steel producers such as Wuhan Iron & Steel Corporation, Tangshan Iron & Steel Corp and Handan Iron & Steel Corporation. The China Metallurgical Group Corp is responsible for the construction work. The mine is to start production in 2009 and after completion in 2010 will have a capacity of 24 million tonnes of concentrate, making it one of the largest open cast iron ore mines in the world.