Hatch wins continuous improvement study
Hatch has been retained by Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) to pursue a continuous improvement study (CIS) for increasing the production capacity of the pellet plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The objective of the study is to help increase pellet plant production to the maximum sustainable capacity while decreasing the production-rate gap between the pellet grade of the limestone and float products. Production is planned to be increased to 14.5 Mtpy from 13 Mtpy.
The pellet plant can be separated into seven sections: ball mills (regrind), thickeners, flotation, filtering and balling, induration, screen-house and load-out. The multi-step capacity increase will debottleneck and optimize each of the pellet plant sectors starting from its base production level to maximize equipment efficiency. If required, additional capacity will be implemented.
Hatch Montréal will undertake the assignment; Phase 4 of the CIS work is scheduled for completion in December 2009. Other Phases of the CIS work will continue through 2010 as requested by the client.
- posted January 4, 2010
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