Posted by Paul Moore on sixteenth October 2024
On the fifth Mining and Minerals Corridor (MMH) occasion being held in Seville, Spain, this week and being attended by IM Editorial Director Paul Moore, Sandvik Mining & Rock Options has handed over some main tools items to key clients within the area.
The scale of the MMH this yr, with the exhibition overlaying all three Fibes halls, and the presence of quite a few machines enroute to clients, are indicative of the expansion being seen within the Iberian Pyrite Belt which straddles Spain and Portugal – each at present mines and thru main greenfield tasks within the pipeline.
First off, inside Pavilion 2 of the spectacular Fibes occasion centre, Sandvik has been showcasing its twin increase DD422i good face drilling rig, which is destined for mining buyer Sandfire MATSA, which operates three underground copper-zinc-lead mines in Spain’s Huelva province – Aguas Teñidas, Magdalena and Sotiel. The brand new rig is being deployed to Aguas Teñidas.
The Sandvik DD422i drill handover to Sandfire MATSA
The presentation was made to Rob Scargill, CEO of Sandfire MATSA; together with Manuel Picón, Upkeep Supervisor; and Victor Manuel González, Mine Supervisor. Sandvik Ibérica was represented by Enrique Mota, Common Supervisor and Rafael Cabrera, Industrial Supervisor of the South Zone.
Sandvik states: “We hope you get pleasure from your new good drilling rig, and as at all times, thanks very a lot for trusting us as soon as once more.” The DD422i presents a 60 m2 protection and in line with Sandvik has one of many widest ranges of computerized drilling features out there in its class, permitting it to attain decreased over-breaking with maximised pull-out per blast.
Shifting to the surface space in entrance of the Fibes entrance to the MMH occasion, Sandvik has three machines on show through the occasion – a Pantera DP1100i hydraulic, diesel-powered, self-propelled high hammer drill rig; plus two underground machines – a big 21 t class Sandvik LH621i LHD in a loading place above a 63 t payload Sandvik Toro TH663i mining truck.
The Pantera DP1100i and LH621i loader had been earmarked for Sandvik’s buyer, the foremost mining contractor and mining providers firm INSERSA, and had been formally handed over on the afternoon of the second day of the occasion on October 16. The ceremony happened within the presence of Francisco de Aspe, President of INSERSA, along with Javier de Aspe, CEO; Rafael Moreno, Monetary Director; and Manuel Martín, Director of Mining.
The LHD is the forty eighth delivered to INSERSA, and the Pantera the fifteenth, indicating the extent of belief and cooperation between Sandvik and INSERSA within the area over a few years.
Lastly, the Sandvik Toro TH663i mining truck is a part of an order positioned with Sandvik’s Portuguese distributor Cimertex for deployment to ALMINA’s Alentejo zinc-lead-copper mine in Aljustrel, Portugal. It’s a part of a significant order introduced in July this yr for ALMINA by way of Cimertex which incorporates 20 Toro™ TH663i vehicles, 5 Toro™ LH621i loaders, 4 Sandvik DS411 rock bolters and three Sandvik DL421 longhole manufacturing drills.
