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A New Approach to Material Transport - The RopeCon Installation at Mt. Olyphant Mine

In September 2007, Doppelmayr Transport Technology GmbH handed over its biggest RopeCon® installation yet to Jamalco/Alcoa. The system which operates in Jamaica transports some 1,200 tonnes of bauxite per hour from a new mine at Mount Olyphant to St. Jago railhead, covering a distance of 3.4 km and a vertical descent of 470 m. Doppelmayr‘s material transport system combines the benefits of proven ropeway technology with those of conventional conveyor belts and clearly fills a niche at a time when companies from all industries require transport solutions which offer cost-efficient operation and maintenance as well as environmental sustainability. Several more RopeCon® installations are currently under construction, and Doppelmayr is working on engineering studies for various long-distance as well as offshore solutions.
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