QUARRY SURFACE MINING - CANTERBURY

Client: Palmer Resource

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Location: Ashburton (Canterbury)

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Service: Quarry surface mining

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Date started: March 2022

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Scope of work

Palmer Resource needs to extract lime out of 3 different quarries in Canterbury, therefore they need a machine easy to transport, reliable and performing in lime rock.

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Solution

Tesmec proposed to use the new Tesmec TRS975EVO surface miner to extract the lime out of the quarry at an average of 120t per hour. 

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Results

The Tesmec TRS975EVO surface miner has been performing in these ground conditions with high productivity rate and replacing several different kinds of machines on the job site.

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Key fact:

• +1,200t per day excavated in lime rock 

• no need of side conveyor in downcutting mode

• 3D GPS system can control the machine

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Key equipment used:

• Tesmec TRS975EVO RH