Beumer’s big Brazilian boost

Vale Malaysia Minerals (VMM), a subsidiary of Brazilian mining group Vale, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, has awarded the Beumer Group an order to supply 16 overland conveyors. For the German specialist intra-logistics company, the around US$100 million (€80 million) order is the largest order in the conveying and loading systems’ product segment in the company’s history.

August 31, 2012 Read time: 1 min

The overland conveyors will transport the iron ore from the terminal to the port 3km away. (Photo: Beumer Group)

Vale Malaysia Minerals (VMM), a subsidiary of Brazilian mining group 6494 Vale, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, has awarded the 390 Beumer Group an order to supply 16 overland conveyors.

For the German specialist intra-logistics company, the around US$100 million (€80 million) order is the largest order in the conveying and loading systems’ product segment in the company’s history.

Vale intends to set up an iron ore distribution centre in Teluk Rubiah, Manjung District, in Perak. At the facility, iron ore will arrive from Brazil and then be blended and shipped to the customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Vale wants to use the Beumer toughed belt conveyors off the Malaysian coast, in the Strait of Malacca, for transporting iron ore from very large ore carriers to smaller vessels in a specially-designed port and storage facility.

Construction work is already in full swing, and the loading terminals are expected to go into operation in 2014. A second expansion phase will run until 2019.

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Beumer to exhibit at major shows

At the International Mining Exhibition in Acapulco, Mexico (16-19 October), one of the most important trade fairs for the mining industry in Latin America, the Beumer Group says it will be presenting its extensive expertise in conveyor and loading equipment. Building materials and raw materials are just some of the items to be extracted and processed using solutions from Beumer, says the company.

The Beckum,Germany-based group will present solutions for the bulk materials industry at the exhibition (Stan