Capital Equipment News December 2015

COVER STORY

AROUND THE GLOBE

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.

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS

DECEMBER 2015