Bulk Materials Handling is a crucial link between mine, inter plant processing and storage systems. Hatch's Bulk Materials Handling Group's provides complete 'integrated system solutions.'
This minimizes interface issues between operations by drawing on specialist technical expertise such as ‘automation and control’.
Hatch has more than 30 years experience in the development of bulk handling systems to handle a wide range of materials from coal, iron ore, manganese, limestone, iron sinter, manganese sinter, ferro alloys, coke, pig iron, gold and base metal ores to difficult materials such as fine-powdered refractories, coke breeze, and power-station fly ash with handling rates ranging from a few kilograms/hour to kilotonnes/hour. We have extensive experience in all aspects of materials handling and storage of bulk materials, including:
- In-pit crushing and conveying
- Pit to port systems modeling
- Risk evaluation studies
- Design and implementation
- Commissioning and operation
- Conveyor systems
- Stockpiling and reclaiming
- Train loading and unloading
- Shiploading and unloading/receiving
- Automation and control
- Equipment audits
- Sizing classification
- Storage blending facilities
- Boiler, roaster and kiln feeding systems
- Ash handling
