OPS in combination with Steinert Australia
provided expert solutions for a nickel scats processing plant.
OPS were approached by a customer to provide a rapid solution for a nickel scats processing plant. In combination with Steinert Australia, an existing stock Steinert magnetic drum module was identified.
OPS were then engaged to provide the following ancillary project services to pull the entire project together:
- Engineering, design and fabrication of a customised support structure and access platform to house the Steinert magnetic drum module, including customised chutes to suit OPS supplied conveyors with bolt in wear lining
- Supply and installation of customised UHWMPE liners to feeder pan
- Identification of ‘off the shelf’ bulk materials handling equipment to support the process, including a hopper feeder to be fed with a front end loader, over band magnet for removal of large ferrous contaminants and discharge stackers to suit discharge configuration of existing Steinert magnetic drum module
- Full plant integration, including a live dry run of equipment at our Bibra Lake works to demonstrate operations to stakeholders
- Liaise and work in with customer’s electrical contractor for development of control methodology and integration of instrumentation and control
The resulting plant and equipment solution project was executed from conception to delivery in just six weeks. OPS continue to work with the customer on the next stage of this development.
No contractor would take the job
Gulkula Bauxite Mine is the Australian first Aboriginal owned and operated mine since it opened four years ago. Gumatj Corporation operates rehabilitating it by collecting and propagating seed use to re-sow the ground after it had been mined. Once the ground is prepared, seed collected on the mine site over the year is spread over this area. Tube stock trees and shrubs grown in the Gulkula nursery from seeds collected across the mine are also planted to support the land rehabilitation. Bauxite can be crushed and screened to a suitable for end users. OPS Screening and Crushing aimed to provide its expertise and leading advice to Gumatj Corporation, and supplied a Terex Finlay J-1175 Jaw Crusher , a Terex Finlay 883+ Reclaimer , and a Terex Finlay I-120 Impactor to make this project become a successful reality. The following video gives us an idea of this mine operation done in Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) and shows our equipment in action. Sky News Video Gumatj Corporation expects to be employing more than 100 local Indigenous workers by the end of the year and its most recent project aims to create a space base to launch rockets from land at the back of the mine.