Finish-of-life, off the highway (OTR) mining tyres in Western Australia’s Pilbara area will now be recycled as an alternative of buried, because of Tyrecycle opening what’s says is an Australian first, purpose-built facility in Port Hedland.
Tyrecycle’s new facility can have the capability to course of over 30,000 t of OTR mining tyres yearly, with the assistance of the most recent gear from Salvadori, offering an environment friendly mine-to-processing service, and enhancing sustainability credentials for operators in one of many world’s busiest mining areas.
Tyrecycle Chief Govt Officer, Jim Fairweather, mentioned opening the ability in such a busy mining space will make it simpler than ever to ship sustainable outcomes for end-of-life mining tyres and conveyor belts.
“As a market chief we’re proud to see this primary facility of its type within the nation up and operating, revolutionising OTR mining tyre recycling will make sure that these huge tyres are not seen as a disposal problem however as an alternative a useful resource for the achievement of higher sustainable outcomes,” he mentioned.
“Transporting end-of-life OTR mining tyres generally is a problem, which is why it was actually necessary that we base this new facility as near the supply of the waste as we are able to. It’s been a five-year journey to get up to now, which is a good step ahead for Port Hedland, the largest export terminal on the earth.”
Fairweather credited the mining business for its willingness to work with Tyrecycle in driving the cost for extra sustainable outcomes for its end-of-life OTR tyres. “Mining corporations recognise the significance of managing their waste streams responsibly, and we’re right here to work alongside them to ship extra sustainable outcomes,” he mentioned.
“They know that accountable administration of end-of-life tyres is a crucial a part of greatest apply operations, this new facility means burying these tyres in pit, will quickly be a factor of the previous. The mining sector has been anticipating an answer to end-of-life OTR mining tyre administration, and with the institution of this new facility, Tyrecycle is offering them that resolution. The outcomes our new plant offers are excellent, we’ll be capable to exhibit vital traceability and chain of custody confidence, together with carbon advantages to our clients on account of partnering with us for the sustainable administration of their tyres and conveyor belts.”
Fairweather believes the brand new facility will deal with a major hole in Australia’s functionality of recycling mining tyres. “We’re accumulating OTR tyres at 10%, whereas mining tyres are solely being collected at 1%, so there’s a vital shortfall available in the market which must be addressed,” he mentioned.
“There’s 130,000 tonnes of OTR mining tyres generated yearly in Australia and 50,000 tonnes of that’s generated within the Pilbara, so when you’re going to construct a plant to course of these tyres anyplace across the nation, you place it in Port Hedland.”
OTR mining tyres will probably be pre-processed on the Port Hedland facility earlier than being despatched to Tyrecycle’s facility in East Rockingham (south of Perth). Tyrecycle says its East Rockingham website is Australia’s largest and most versatile tyre recycling operation, the place OTR mining tyres will probably be processed into a variety of merchandise, together with crumb rubber, which is utilized in highway improvement, and tyre derived gasoline, which reduces greenhouse fuel emissions by displacing coal as an vitality supply.
