Ukrainian steel maker Metinvest’s Northern GOK has commissioned the second start-up complex of its Crusher & Conveyor System. The crusher and conveyor technology comprises a system of conveyors connected with one another by drive stations controlling the transportation equipment. The complex is located at the Pervomaiskiy open-pit mine, one of the largest open-pit mines in Ukraine. The annual design capacity of the mine is 23 million tonnes of ore. The ССS consists of two parallel lines: one each for ore and rock transportation. In 2016, when the ore conveying line was put into operation, more than 80 main and auxiliary facilities were built. The second conveying line has now been put into operation to transport rock. Each line has an annual capacity of 20 million tonnes of mined material.From the open-pit mine, ore and rock are transported by trucks to the crushers. Once crushed, they are transferred to the conveyor system to travel 2.3 kilometres in 16 minutes. After arriving to the surface of the mine, ore and rock are loaded into railway cars. Ore is then delivered to the crushing plant, while rock is transported to the dump area. From now on, ore and rock will be transported from the 300-metre-deep open-pit mine to the surface by two conveyors with a total annual capacity of 40 million tonnes.The commissioning of the CCS will help to mine iron ore more efficiently and reduce the cost of iron ore concentrate production. Particularly, it will reduce the distance of rock haulage by trucks by half a kilometre. It will also halve the number of stations that handle the mined material from the open pit to the mine surface, as part of the material flow will be redirected to the new conveyor of the crusher and conveyor system. The project also addresses environmental issues. Conveyors help to deliver the mined material from the open-pit mine more quickly and the reduced truck run time decreases the environmental impact.This is one of the largest projects in independent Ukraine’s mining industry. Investments in the construction of the complex totalled roughly USD 200 million.
Ukrainian steel maker Metinvest’s Northern GOK has commissioned the second start-up complex of its Crusher & Conveyor System. The crusher and conveyor technology comprises a system of conveyors connected with one another by drive stations controlling the transportation equipment. The complex is located at the Pervomaiskiy open-pit mine, one of the largest open-pit mines in Ukraine. The annual design capacity of the mine is 23 million tonnes of ore. The ССS consists of two parallel lines: one each for ore and rock transportation. In 2016, when the ore conveying line was put into operation, more than 80 main and auxiliary facilities were built. The second conveying line has now been put into operation to transport rock. Each line has an annual capacity of 20 million tonnes of mined material.From the open-pit mine, ore and rock are transported by trucks to the crushers. Once crushed, they are transferred to the conveyor system to travel 2.3 kilometres in 16 minutes. After arriving to the surface of the mine, ore and rock are loaded into railway cars. Ore is then delivered to the crushing plant, while rock is transported to the dump area. From now on, ore and rock will be transported from the 300-metre-deep open-pit mine to the surface by two conveyors with a total annual capacity of 40 million tonnes.The commissioning of the CCS will help to mine iron ore more efficiently and reduce the cost of iron ore concentrate production. Particularly, it will reduce the distance of rock haulage by trucks by half a kilometre. It will also halve the number of stations that handle the mined material from the open pit to the mine surface, as part of the material flow will be redirected to the new conveyor of the crusher and conveyor system. The project also addresses environmental issues. Conveyors help to deliver the mined material from the open-pit mine more quickly and the reduced truck run time decreases the environmental impact.This is one of the largest projects in independent Ukraine’s mining industry. Investments in the construction of the complex totalled roughly USD 200 million.
