New Equipment
on May 14, 2011
The schedule of works to implement the Project of the New Serra Pelada mine is being fulfilled to the letter.New equipment newcomers are already active: two trucks and a truck mixers made 20 alpha responsible for gunning concrete roof of the tunnel inside the mine.
Besides these modern equipment, the project has just received a ball mill, which is responsible for the decrease of the material from the mine and its preparation for the next stages of concentration."The installation of the mill is soon to start actually building the processing plant at Serra Pelada, as I explained recently to the board and the regional delegates of Coomigasp," said company director Colossus, Darci Lindenmayer, adding that " the arrival of the mill once again demonstrates that the works are on schedule. "
"The Colossus purchased a ball mill of the mothballed plant in Bahia-affluent because the acquisition of a new mill would take a period of 11 months only for delivery, while used, the period of installation and modernization is three months," explained the manager of Engineering Design, Joseph Gerard.
Besides the mill, was acquired two stationary air compressors and two silos.The compressors are driven cleaning and hydraulic equipment and silos permit the storage of material to maintain constant rhythm of the design plan of the New Mina Serra Pelada.
The mill is 5.70 m long and 3m in diameter, with hourly capacity of 70 tons of feed ore.
According to José Geraldo, "soon come to New Mine two crushers and twelve equipment classification."