Modern Mining April 2019

MINING News

The Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) bauxite mine project in the Boké region of Guinea recently achieved a major con- struction milestone when the project team safely set the car dumper facility’s 450-ton rotating assembly into its final location. Fluor is providing engineering and programme management services on the Bauxite project achieves construction milestone project, which encompasses a 12 Mt/a bauxite mine, a dedicated export terminal in Port Kamsar and rail and other infra- structure upgrades. The car dumper facility is critical to the mine’s logistics and operations. Bauxite is transported from the mine to the Port Kamsar site by rail, where it is then shipped

to customers. At the port, the car dumper facility unloads bauxite from the rail wagons. It took three days, multiple self-pro- pelled modular transporters and two 750-ton cranes to complete the instal- lation. The final lift required special preparations in order to hoist the 450-ton assembly over the car dumper facility’s walls and into its final location. “This milestone was achieved due to the collective efforts between the GAC and Fluor project teams,” said Troy Gilson, Fluor’s project director. “It demonstrates the importance of having a strong rela- tionship built around teamwork and trust. This critical milestone was executed safely after six months of detailed planning with a team focused and committed to working ‘Safer Together’.” The project – which will be completed this year – has thus far worked more than 8 million consecutive hours without a lost- time incident. 

The 450-ton rotating assembly is lowered into position.

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