Capital Equipment News December 2015

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TEREX TRUCKS IN REMOTE FRENCH GUIANA MINE

The efficiency and low maintenance of 15 Terex Trucks articulated haulers are proving vital for working in the remote and vast gold mine in Saint- Élie, French Guiana. Take a helicopter 30 minutes west from Cayenne, French Guiana, and deep amidst the forest you will quite literally have struck gold. The precious metal was discovered in the remote area of Saint-Élie 142 years ago. Today, mining company Société des Mines de Saint-Élie (SMSE) relies on 15 Ter- ex Trucks articulated haulers working eight hours a day, six days a week. SMSE was founded in 1994 and specia- lises in the prospecting, extracting, exploit- ing, processing and marketing of minerals, particularly gold. Having conducted explo- ration work in Saint-Élie through large vol- ume yard tests with positive results, SMSE opened a multi-pit mine in 2005. Now owned by Compagnie Minière Espérance (CME), the company has 50 employees and recently launched a new development phase to consolidate its activities and in- crease productivity.

“Due to the remote location of the Saint- Élie mine the only really practical way of reaching it is by helicopter, meaning the trucks working at the mine must be effi- cient, reliable and easy to repair, and that’s exactly what we experience with Terex Trucks,” said Nicolas Ostorero, CEO and managing director of CME. “We’ve operated Terex Trucks for years and our fleet contin- ues to grow as we require high-quality, re- liable machines that offer ease of operation and maintenance.” The Terex Trucks units currently operating in the mine include a TA27, seven TA35s, three TA40s and the largest in the articulat- ed dump truck range - a TA400, the latter offering a maximum payload of 38 tonnes (41.9 US tons). The rugged, white-painted trucks are barely recognisable as they work tirelessly in the red earth of the mine and the TA27 has already clocked 15 000 hours since 2005 and is still going strong. A new plant is being assembled to increase pro- duction capacity and the mine’s gold metal production target for 2015 is 350 kg.

TEREX|FINLAY LAUNCHES NEW C-1554 TRACKED MOBILE CONE CRUSHER The NEW C-1554 cone crusher is the lat- est addition to the Terex|Finlay range of tracked mobile cone crushers. Positioned at the top end of the Terex|Finlay cone crusher range the C-1554 is the ultimate mobile solution for any aggregates pro- ducer or contractor looking for a high out- put capacity machine that provides large reduction ratios and an excellent cubical shape in the surface ore mining and ag- gregate industries. This aggressive machine incorporates the proven Terex ® MVP450x cone crush- er that can accept an all in feed and fea- tures direct variable speed clutch drive and hydraulic closed side setting (CSS) adjustment. The Terex MVP450x cone crusher simply pulverizes everything that stands in the way of success. Inside and out, the advanced engineering of the MVP cone crusher sets industry benchmarks, featuring a patented Rollercone ® roller bearing design and the hydropneumatic tramp iron relief system that revolutionised the industry. These features all combine to give opera- tors an efficient and aggressive crushing ac- tion, high performance and low cost per ton. The large hopper/feeder on the plant features an automated metal detection and a purge system designed to protect the cone and reduce downtime by removing metal contaminants via the purge chute. “We knew that this new model would give be a game changer in terms of production capacity. The increased productivity, func- tionality and serviceability of the MVP450x chamber has consistently impressed op- erators of the machine during testing. The

results have been outstanding and ultimately will deliver sig- nificant revenue streams and profitability for our custom- ers” remarked Alan Witherow, Terex|Finlay Product Develop- ment Manager. Additional benefits include, rapid set up time, ease of maintenance, high reduction ratio, advanced plant elec- tronic control system, high output capacity and telemetry system.

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