CHAPTER 10.5: In-Pit Crushing
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Abstract. In a global environment where energy and labor are becoming increasingly expensive, continuous mining systems such as In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) systems have been advanced as offering a real alternative to …
Palabora, then the energy requirement per tonne is 2.45mJ, (Figure 1). Thus, Palabora could anticipate a 46 percent savings in energy for ore conveyed rather than trucked under trolley. Figure 1: Haulage Energy Efficiency . In addition to the favourable energy comparison, conveying reduces the vulnerability of mining
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Mining is an industry that requires investing wisely and looking at all available options when considering the setup of a new plant or attempting to reduce costs in a brownfield operation.
In pit crushing and conveying is being touted as the future of open cut mining. Can the greater use of in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) systems by Australian mining companies reduce their ...
Schroder, D.L. The use of in-pit crushing and conveying methods to significantly reduce transportation costs by truck. In Proceedings of the Coaltrans Asia Conference, Bali, Indonesia, 8–11 June 2003. [Google Scholar] Raaz, V.; Mentges, U. In-pit crushing and conveying with fully mobile crushing plants in regard to energy …
Semi-mobile in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) systems can help reduce truck haulage in open-pit mines by bringing the crusher closer to the excavation areas. Optimizing a production schedule with semi-mobile IPCC requires integrating extraction sequence, destination policy, crusher relocation, conveyor layout, and truck …
In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) has gained momentum in recent years to replace trucks partially or fully in large open pit mines because of the shovel-truck system's increasing fuel and ...
Today, most mines depend on large mining trucks to haul material out of the mining pit to crushing and processing plants. "In-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) is a direct alternative to this approach," explains Russell. "It involves crushing ore and waste material in an open pit, and then using long conveyors – rather than trucks ...
The use of continuous in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) systems is a viable option to significantly reduce energy consumption in this sector. Considering the relationship between the energy data and the amount of mineral extracted in the haulage sector of an open-pit titanium mine and the production of open-pit iron, copper and coal …
In-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) systems (whether fixed, mobile, or semi-mobile) are an alternative to the traditional truck/shovel approach to materials …
In-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) is getting popular in deeper open pit mines as a suitable alternative to truck haulage because it offers a lower operating cost due to shorter haulage distance ...
The specific energy requirements of crusher units are interesting in relation to their individual system tasks: – Reducing blasted material to conveyable size …
In a global environment where energy and labor are becoming increasingly expensive, continuous mining systems such as In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) systems have been advanced as offering a real
The report includes a background discussion of in pit crushing concepts, the results of a multimine survey of needs and current haulage characteristics, concepts for a movable in pit crusher that are in keeping with mine operation stated needs and requirements, descriptions of key areas of technology improvement that must be satisfied to meet ...
In-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) systems have drawn attention to the modern mining industry due to the numerous benefits than conventional truck-and-shovel systems. However, the implementation of the IPCC system can reduce mining flexibility and introduce additional mining sequence requirements. This paper investigates the long …
Raaz V, Mentges U. In pit crushing & conveying with fully mobile crushing plants in regard to energy efficiency & co 2 reduction. In: Proceedings of in-pit crushing and conveying conference. Belo Horizonte, Brazil: FL; 2011. p. 21–3.
If the extracted material feeds into conveyors after passing through the crusher, the haulage system is termed a fully-mobile in-pit crushing and conveying (FMIPCC) system. Similarly, if the conveyor belt is fed by trucks, the haulage system is a semi-mobile in-pit crushing and conveying (SMIPCC) system (Frizzell and Martin, 1992).
Finally, the in-pit crushing and conveying is selected as the best alternative, the truck-front shovel and truck-backhoe system are in the next priorities, respectively 45.2, 28.4 and 26.4% ...
To better meet these challenges, Outotec is launching in-pit crush and convey (IPCC) solutions. The integrated solutions consist of crushing, conveying, and stacking equipment combined with IPCC planning and life cycle services. The offering has been designed to ensure the highest productivity, energy efficiency, and maintainability.
The Simandou iron ore project is one of the largest unexploited high-grade iron ore deposits in the world. With the project's development reaching an important milestone in March this year, the project's partners have been able to kick off with development work, including support from the government of Guinea with defined …
In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) systems consist of various components, including crushers, entirely mobile in-pit conveying systems, stationary conveyors, conveyor junctions, waste-spreading ...
ABSTRACT Semi mobile in-pit crushing and conveying systems have different pit shape requirements to traditional truck haulage systems due to the inclusion of a conveyor flight in the pit. As the shape of a pit is heavily influenced by the ultimate pit limit, it is desirable to have the additional shape requirements included in the ultimate pit limit …
In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) systems cut truck haulage to a minimum and build operational resilience. They substantially reduce operational expenditure (opex) and …
Near face stockpile (NFS) is a new mining concept which combines the IPCC (in-pit crushing and conveying) method with an in-pit near-face (and near crusher) …
In-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) systems as alternatives to the truck-and-shovel system have attracted more attention today. The IPCC system is composed of a series of feeding, crushing, conveying, and discharging modules [5]. The belt conveyor haulage has much lower operating costs and are more energy-efficient than truck …
With crushing stations – at least in the in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) space – that can go up to 15,000 t/h (see the company's Foresight™ semi-mobile primary gyratory station), the prospect of Outotec making a concerted effort to get into the bulk ore sorting space bodes well for the rising throughputs of projects.
This work used scenario analysis to determine the optimum transition depth between a truck and shovel (TS) system and a SMIPCC system, and indicates that the second scenario, at a depth of 335 m, results in the lowest cumulative discounted cost (CDC). One of the most challenging aspects in semi-mobile in-pit crushing and …
In-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) and ore sorting are two developing technologies that, in addition to providing likely economic benefits, also have the potential to reduce the greenhouse gas ...