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Coal Mining: Material Handling
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Source: Mike Smith
Stefanutti Stocks Material Handling (Pty) Ltd recently acquired W.E.R.M (Waste Energy Recovery and Management) to bolster the Mining Services business unit’s capabilities within the S.A. Coal Mining Industry.
Currently, the business acts as a service provider to the coal mining industry in the following key areas:
Energy: Coal Processing
• The reclamation of coal discard and fine coal (slurry) in order to effectively produce a Power Station Feed Product.
• The process involves the drying and reclaiming of fine coal, reclaiming of discard and middlings followed by careful blending to produce a material that meets the required specifications for a feed product into the Eskom Power Stations.
“We currently mine, blend, dry and process in excess of 4.28 million ton per annum,” says Mike Smith, head of the Mining Services business unit. “All produced coal is laboratory tested and verified to conform with Eskom’s specifications and requirements”.
Discard Recovery/Placement
• Screening of existing dumps.
• Blending of screened product.
• Placement of final discard (all in accordance with stringent compaction specifications in order to prevent spontaneous combustion).
• Final discard dump rehabilitation.
• Slurry disposal and management.
Materials Handling
• Handling of all terrace coal into bins, trucks, trains and feed points.
• Handling of materials from designated dumps and stockpiles.
Current clients include:
Billiton Energy Coal SA; Xstrata; Exxaro; Emcebo Mining; Eskom; Siyanda Coal; Graspan Colliery and Optimum Coal.
“We are confident that these services will reinforce and enhance our activities in the coal mining industry,” says Mike. “Our long term objective is to expand these services nationally across the various mining areas”.
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