Posted by Paul Moore on nineteenth April 2024
Sustainable mining is a essential ambition in international locations like Chile, the world’s main copper producer. In response to the rising calls for of its mining clients, Metso is strengthening its place as a provider of a considerable vary of sustainable options with the introduction of its distinctive circularity recycling resolution for Megaliner™, Poly-Met™, and rubber liners in Chile.
The answer allows the environment friendly separation of various liner supplies in order that the dear rubber and metal parts can both be reused within the manufacturing of latest merchandise or recycled.
“Our clients have bold sustainability targets and commitments to achieve web zero of their operations. The liner recycling service is a concrete instance of how Metso can drive the mining trade in the direction of extra sustainable practices. With much less unprocessed waste materials despatched to landfills, recycling helps to cut back CO2 emissions and enhance environmental effectivity,” says Eduardo Nilo, President, South America, Metso. The recycling resolution shall be put in at Metso’s rubber and Poly-Met manufacturing unit in Concón, Chile.
On the similar time, Metso is increasing its manufacturing unit in Concón to additional improve its rubber and Poly-Met manufacturing functionality. Metso has put in a mega-class compression press that can broaden the vary, sizes, and forms of merchandise manufactured. With its sturdy know-how and enormous dimension, the press is particularly designed to provide giant Megaliner™ mill liners that may weigh as much as 8 t. After the introduction of the brand new press, the manufacturing capability for big mill liners will improve by 30%.
To additional assist CO2 emission reductions in the direction of Metso’s net-zero objective by 2030, renewable electrical energy will cowl 100% of the manufacturing unit’s wants. The Chilean 2050 Nationwide Mining Coverage outlines how the nation may harmonise the event of the mining trade with the wants of the atmosphere by reaching carbon neutrality and rising the round financial system mannequin. Metso says it’s dedicated to creating pioneering sustainable applied sciences and options for the mining trade globally. Round financial system is among the necessary areas of sustainability improvement all through the trade.
“As a accountable provider and companion for sustainable put on options, now we have set bold targets to assist our clients scale back the environmental influence of mining within the totally different levels of the manufacturing course of. We’re extraordinarily completely satisfied to once more obtain an necessary milestone with the introduction of this distinctive mill liner recycling resolution to the crucial Chilean market. As a part of our intensive horizontal mill liner providing, we’re additionally exploring methods to extend the variety of recycled supplies in our liners to additional shut the circularity loop,” says Heikki Metsälä, President, Consumables enterprise space, Metso.
A pioneering recycling service is part of Metso’s Planet Optimistic providing. The primary feasibility research have been carried out again in 2009, the recycling program was initiated in 2015, and the necessary milestone of 1,000 recycled Megaliner™ liners was achieved in 2016. After cautious research and buyer pilots, Metso launched a brand new separation unit in 2022 for its clients in Europe. Following the introduction to the South American market, the mill lining recycling service shall be expanded to the North American market later in 2024.
The recycling service is facilitated by an revolutionary know-how enabling secure and environment friendly separation of various rubber and steel liner parts, like solid inserts, put on plates, and backing plates. All composite liners, like Megaliner™, Poly-Met™ liners, in addition to rubber mill liners, will be processed utilizing this resolution. Metso additionally has an current recycling course of for metallic mill liners.
