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| FLSmidth wins material handling project in Indonesia Danish engineering group FLSmidth has signed a contract in Jakarta worth in excess of USD 135m (DKK 700m) with PT Adaro Indonesia, a subsidiary of PT Adaro Energy Tbk., to supply material handling equipment to its coal mine in the Tanjung district of South Kalimantan, some 1000 km from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. The material handling equipment will be part of Adaro's expansion of its mining operations and will decrease the average hauling distance of the overburden trucking operations as well as reduce the company's dependency on oil. The contract comprises an out-of-pit overburden crushing and conveying system, consisting of FLSmidth ABON sizers, RAHCO overland conveyors, and RAHCO mobile stacking conveyors. The system has a capacity of 12,000 tonnes per hour and an annual overburden volume of 40 million bank cubic metres. The contractual elements regarding construction, supervision and management, as well as field service, will be supplied by FLSmidth Indonesia. Handling of overburden represents one of the major costs and challenges in connection with open-pit mining operations. As mining companies expand and increase the depth of their mines, the amount of overburden rises and the demand for handling and removal equipment grows. FLSmidth's conveying systems can help solve this issue as a technological, economical and environmental alternative to traditional transport methods. FLSmidth has long been working on this solution in collaboration with mining companies across the globe and the contract with Adaro is now paving the way for this technology in Indonesia. The order will contribute beneficially to FLSmidth's earnings until the end of 2012. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |