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Stacking, Blending & Reclaiming

Stockyard Machines for Coal Handling

In August 2007 Sandvik Mining and Construction was awarded a contract to supply a bucket-wheel stacker/reclaimer to Canada’s Delta, Greater Vancouver, deep-sea coal terminal operated by Westshore Terminals Limited Partnership. The terminal exports coal to 20 nations around the world, most of it being transported by rail from mines in Alberta and south-eastern British Columbia.
On arrival it is unloaded within enclosed dumper sheds at the terminal which is currently being upgraded. The new stacker/reclaimer will stockpile coal received from the railcar dumper via yard conveyors and reclaim it for delivery to a shiploader. According to Sandvik Mining and Construction, the addition of the stacker/reclaimer was expected to have a positive impact …