Modern Mining August 2023

SUPPLY CHAIN News

Kal Tire recycling facility achieves ISCC PLUS certification

Tyre manufacturer, Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group, recently received ISCC* PLUS certification verifying that its mining tyre recycling facility in Chile processes circular feedstocks. “Kal Tire is committed to promoting a circular economy where recycled mining tyre products are given their highest and best use,” says Dan Allan, senior vice presi

dent, Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group. “This ISCC PLUS certification ensures customers can confidently source our recycling facil ity’s outputs knowing they’re 100 per cent derived from waste materials.” At Kal Tire’s facility in Northern Chile, end-of-life ultra-class tyres are converted to their base elements (carbon black, oil and steel) so they can be reused, instead of raw materials, in new products. The facil ity’s thermal conversion processes use heat and friction to induce a process that sees virtually 100 per cent of the tyre reused. The ISCC PLUS certification verifies that the Chile recycling facility meets the circular materials standards for reclaimed oil, carbon black and syngas using a mass balance chain of custody approach. ISCC is a global leader in standards development for chemically recycled sustainable materials. Kal Tire is one of just a few mining tyre recy to price rather than product capability and overall lifetime cost. He was comment ing on a recent order to manufacture an overhead crane as replacement for a com petitor’s machine that failed inspection and load testing. The rapidly deteriorating crane is now adversely affecting production in the millhouse in which it is installed. The order for the replacement was placed by Natal Cranes, authorised Condra distribu tor in KwaZulu-Natal. In the same millhouse,

End-of-life tyres are converted to their base elements (carbon black, oil and steel). cling facilities in the world that the company is aware of, to have achieved ISCC PLUS certification for producing circular feed stocks— generating outputs that are 100 per cent ISCC PLUS compliant. As more and more organisations look to demonstrate the sustainability and cir cularity of their supply chain, Kal Tire’s ISCC-certified products will provide third party validation for customers seeking sustainable, circular materials.  *International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) Natal Cranes has been servicing a 10-ton Condra maintenance crane installed in 1987 on the same gantry. Condra received the order on June 6 and is committed to a delivery date of six weeks from drawing approval. The new crane will be a large machine of double-girder electric overhead design, spanning 21 metres and equipped with two hoists: a 35-ton main unit and 5ton auxiliary, delivering lifting heights of 15 and 16 metres respectively. Commenting on the order, Kleiner said the mill’s need to replace a failed machine was a good illustration of lost production and additional expenditure being the direct result of a buying process where price exerted undue influence. 

Kal Tire’s thermal conversion recycling facility.

Mill turns to Condra to recover lost production

Price should never be allowed to unduly influence a purchase decision. A wrong choice of capital equipment can prove costly not only in downtime and lost pro duction, but also in unnecessarily increased expenditure when new equipment must be bought to replace the failed original. This caveat comes from Marc Kleiner, MD of crane manufacturer Condra, who says buy ers should exercise caution if they notice tender appraisal paying undue attention

ALCO-Safe launches newest version of ALCONTROL Alcohol and drug testing equipment supplier, ALCO Safe, recently launched the newest version of its workplace alcohol test ing system, ALCONTROL Smart Connect. The unmanned breathalyser is mounted onto a turnstile to control entry of employees or can be mounted onto a and can result in job losses, voluntary alco hol testing is an important safety measure,” explains Rhys Evans, MD at ALCO-Safe, “Voluntary alcohol testing is for employ ees who occasionally overindulge, giving them the opportunity to go home and avoid endangering themselves or their colleagues, should they experience a positive breath alcohol result.”

The latest version of ALCONTROL Smart Connect.

“Where previously it was difficult to get a technician out to remote mining locations for installation, ALCONTROL is now extremely simple to install, and can be done by almost anyone with basic technical skills,” Evans notes. 

wall as a self-test breathalyser for employ ees to test themselves prior to entry into their respective workplaces. “For industries where repeated positive alcohol testing impacts work performance,

Condra supplies overhead crane as replacement for a mill.

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