JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Power and automation technology group ABB has been awarded a $32-million contract from Brazilian diversified miner Vale’s operations in Mozambique for complete electrification and automation solutions to increase productivity, monitor energy use, and decrease energy consumption at a new coal mine.
“ABB’s vast industry experience, combined with our comprehensive automation and power offerings, provide our customers with the robust solutions they need for these large scope projects,” said head of ABB’s process automation division, Veli-Matti Reinikkala.
Construction of the entire facility will take an estimated 36 months, and ABB’s portion of the work was expected to be completed by the end of 2010.
The new mine is one of Vale’s major investments in Africa and will be built at Moatize, in the Tete province of Mozambique. When completed, it will have a nominal capacity of 11-million tons a year, and would consist of 8,5-million tons of metallurgical coal and 2,5-million of thermal coal.
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