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Steinert Boomerangs return export efficiency
THE removal of tramp iron and metal from bulk materials at ship loading
facilities is important to maintain efficient exports from Australian
ports. This is particularly the case for the coal industry where the volume
of coal exported is only limited by the ability to load the bulk carriers.
Steinert ‘Boomerang’ magnets are playing a vital role in this
process at key export terminals on Australia’s eastern seaboard.
The coal from the surrounding mine sites is delivered by train to
these sites where the requirement for high powered, deep and wide
field magnets is paramount for efficient and effective tramp iron removal.
As port and ship loading facilities are developed to cope with
future export needs, so too is Steinert well positioned to service the
industry’s needs.
The latest Steinert Boomerang left the Melbourne factory in September
2011 and six of these super-sized and powerful magnets exist in
Australia today. The first three were installed in the mid-to-late 1990s at
Port Waratah Coal Service site on Kooragang Island. Two more were
installed in 2009 for Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) and
the latest 43 tonne addition joined them a few weeks ago. These magnets
are the largest of their kind in Australia and all are installed within
a radius of 1km of each other in Newcastle, New South Wales.
Steinert Australia is a specialist in delivering separation technologies
not only for upgrading coal, but also minerals and iron ore, and
for the removal of damaging contaminants. Steinert offers an unrivalled
and extensive product range to enhance the operations of Australia’s
leading local and international mining projects. The company
provides comprehensive services in customized design, application
and commissioning of ore sorting, beneficiation and tramp removal
systems to increase product yield, improve concentrate quality, reduce
operating costs and boost process efficiencies.
Steinert Australia also invests heavily in product development and
testing both locally and in Germany, where it enjoys the confidence of
having a fully appointed test facility for equipment performance analysis
at the corporate head office. Steinert Australia has the benefits of
more than 120 years of experience and offers both traditional and innovative
leading edge solutions, as well as guaranteeing fast service
and ensuring efficient, effective and reliable performance.
The Steinert range includes:
• Tramp material detection & removal systems to protect conveyors,
crushers & HPGRs
• Heavy media recovery & iron ore beneficiation
• Mineral processing, upgrading upstream concentrator feed stock
• Wet & dry low, medium & high intensity magnetic separators
• Induction, X-Ray, XRF, 3D/laser, colour & near infra-red ore sorting
systems
• Electro and permanent suspension magnets
• Metal detection systems
• Magnetic drums/pulleys
Steinert Boomerang magnets remove tramp metal from coal at ship loading facilities.
Steinert says its knowledge of applications and the ability to meet
almost any customer’s requirements is its strength. From a small
magnet recovering steel in a recycling facility to a 43 tonne electromagnet
used in Australia’s major port loading facilities, Steinert is able
to meet the most stringent of mining applications.
www.steinert.com.au
68 | ASIA Miner | January/February 2012