NMMC to construct new conveyor lines for Uzbekistan mine
Published by Jane Bentham,
Editorial Assistant
Global Mining Review,
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Company (NMMC), the world’s fourth-largest gold producer and the largest gold miner in Central Asia, is moving forward with the expansion of the Northeast Cycle and Flow Technology Complex and construction of a second conveyor line at its Muruntau mine in Uzbekistan.
Completion of these projects will increase capacity for transporting rock mass by 27 million m3/y.
The Northeast Complex, launched in 2021, is a catalyst for the further development of Muruntau, the world’s largest opencast mine. At this complex, gold bearing ore is crushed and transported by conveyors, thereby reducing trucking costs. A new conveyor, power lines, an extension of the tipping conveyor line by 11 000 m, and other auxiliary facilities are currently under construction. When full capacity is reached, these facilities will increase rock mass transportation volume by 15 million m3/y. The complex expansion is projected to cost more than US$8.2 million.
NMMC is concurrently building a second conveyor line in the Muruntau opencast, with an estimated project cost of more than US$15.3 million. In addition to the existing line, which spans 1877.4 m, a new line of over 1000 m is to be completed. At full capacity, the lines will transport up to 12 million m3 of rock mass per year.
The production of conveyor lines at NMMC is fully localised. Components are manufactured at the company’s Navoi Machine-Building Plant.
Read the article online at: https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/14082024/nmmc-to-construct-new-conveyor-lines-for-uzbekistan-mine/
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