CDE washing plant completed at Tooperang Quarry

Tooperang Quarry has completed a silica sand washing plant at a new site near Adelaide, South Australia. The plant has been supplied by CDE and is producing glass sands for use by Owens-Illinois at its glass bottle manufacturing plant in Adelaide . The new turnkey plant includes a range of equipment from the CDE product portfolio including the M2500 with integrated Counter Flow Classification Unit (CFCU); EvoWash fines recovery system; fine sand screens, attrition cells and spirals. The plant confi

December 2, 2013 Read time: 1 min

The CDE team at Tooperang Quarry, Australia

Tooperang Quarry has completed a silica sand washing plant at a new site near Adelaide, South Australia.

The plant has been supplied by 3702 CDE Global and is producing glass sands for use by Owens-Illinois at its glass bottle manufacturing plant in Adelaide .

The new turnkey plant includes a range of equipment from the CDE product portfolio including the M2500 with integrated Counter Flow Classification Unit (CFCU); EvoWash fines recovery system; fine sand screens, attrition cells and spirals.

The plant configuration also includes an AquaCycle thickener which is said to reduce the volume of fresh water required to feed the washing plant by more than 90%.

Loire quarry plans to double production with CDE equipment

Demand increases for quarry’s sand and gravel products following the installation of a wet processing system. Liam McLoughlin reports.

Located in the French countryside of Brinon-sur-Sauldre, close to Orleans, the Sablière du Val de Loire quarry is preparing to double its production from 60,000 to 120,000 tonnes annually.
CDE – a provider of washing equipment for quarries, mines and recycling operations – says the move is in response to the recent increase in demand for the quarry’s sand and gravel pr