Copper mine in Chile to see equipment provided by technology group

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Electrical equipment will be provided by a technology group for a Chilean-run copper mine, according to a published report.

ABB was tapped to supply an order for equipment like gearless conveyor drives for Codelco in the South American nation, Mining Weekly reports. The new system by the mining services firm for gearless drives will supply process efficiency and equipment reliability for El Teniente, a copper mine belonging to the firm that is controlled by Chile.

The gearless overland conveyor is the most recent component of a $550 million expansion plan at the mine. That expansion is poised to prolong operations at the mine for 50 additional years, which will do its part to prolong growth in the long-term, according to the firm.

“The latest ABB gearless technology helps to increase long-term productivity, safety and sustainability of materials handling operations,” Process Automation division head Veli-Matti Reinikkala with ABB said, according to the news source. “The new conveying drive system will allow Codelco to increase conveying capacity of the mine to more than 12,000 t/h by 2025 by replacing diesel trucks with long-haul overland, up-hill and down-hill conveyor systems, with electrical drive solutions for ore transportation.”

The drive system has been crafted to provide power into the grid while it is in operation during regeneration and electrical braking.

“This feature, together with the variable-speed drives, will increase overall efficiency, availability, reliability and productivity at the El Teniente copper mine,” Reinikkala said. “ABB’s know-how in gearless drive technology and its cooperation agreement with Tenova Takraf were the main factors behind it obtaining the order. The close collaboration with Codelco during the feasibility study enabled ABB and Takraf to develop the gearless conveyor drive concept to closely fit the project’s needs.”

Concerns relaxed regarding a credit crunch in China, the globe’s top consumer of the reddish metal, according to Reuters. The Asian nation consumes about 40 percent of the world’s copper.

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