Crushing Static & Mobile

The Chilean mining suppliers' association Aprimin has awarded Metso with the Annual Safety Award 2014 in the Large Company category. The Finnish firm received this recognition for the second year running for its excellent performance in the prevention of occupational hazards.

Interprom has put a crushing and screening plant into operation to produce inert materials at its Zhireken plant.

Its capacity is up to 500,000m³ of crushed stone/year, and the project was supported by the Government of the Zabaykalsky region (Siberia), and the investment in the project reached more than RUB 100 million (€1.79 million/US$2.22 million).

The enterprise created 70 jobs.

As authorities worldwide introduce steadily declining limits for soot particles, nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons for off-road machines, manufacturers of mobile plants are being requested to develop fuel consumption, noise and resource-saving technologies. Patrick Smith reports.

Sandvik Construction has given the global launch to its track-mounted UH450E crushing and screening unit at the recent Steinexpo in Germany, while Rockster says it has met the challenge with an entirely new machine, and Austrian

Terex Minerals Processing Systems (MPS) has launched the new MJ47 primary jaw crusher module, increasing the application capabilities and crushing capacity of its existing modular product range with their largest jaw module to date.

The module is designed for large quarries or contractors that want a stationary type design without the complexity of a normal stick-built plant.

The MJ47 module features the 914mm x 1219mm Terex Jaques ST47 jaw crusher, and other key features include the Terex Simplicity

The striking Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on the northern bank of the Moskva River in Moscow, the Russian capital, is clad in it. A few blocks south-west of the Kremlin, the cathedral has an overall height of 103m and is the tallest Orthodox Christian church in the world. It joins the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Social Sciences, the Ministry of Defence, the Memorial Complex of Poklonnaya Hill, over 100 subway stations in Moscow and St Petersburg, and hundreds of other buildings throughout

Metso has introduced the world's largest cone crusher, the MP2500, to respond to the mining industry's efficiency challenge

The first crusher will be operational at First Quantum Minerals’ Sentinel mine in Zambia in early 2015

As ore grades decline, more and more ore needs to be processed to obtain the same amount of the valuable mineral and to meet production targets. This equation often results in increased processing costs and can prove problematic for miners.

Metso says it is responding to th