Bulk materials handler helps deliver iron-ore distribution centre

摘要

South Africa-based bulk materials handling engineering company DemcoTECH was involved, from concept to completion, in Brazil-based mining major Vale's $1.37-billion Teluk Rubiah maritime terminal, which began operations in Malaysia last month. With a 30-million-tonne-a-year capacity, the iron-ore distribution centre will serve as a strategic distribution hub for Vale's Asia-based customers. DemcoTECH GM Paul van de Vyver tells Mining Weekly that, as an engineering contractor on the project, DemcoTECH provided the conceptual design of the terminal and the initial materials handling layouts, as well as the design and basic engineering for the materials handling portion of the project.