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Filter press to aid in protecting and preserving water resources 

1st June 2022

     

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Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) has commissioned a new 25 ton-an-hour filter press at its coal washing plant, in Emakhalathini, KwaZulu-Natal. 

The filter press removes slurry from the water used in the coal washing process and will aid in preventing incidents such as the coal slurry spill which occurred at ZAC, after the end wall at Slurry Pond 3 failed on December 24, 2021. 

As ZAC Engineering Production Superintendent Howard Atkinson explains, “the filter press filters slurry-laden water and removes all the ultrafines from the water to enable reclaimed water to be reused in the beneficiation process.” 

The filter press plant, which costs R14.5 million, was commissioned on 10 May 2022 and was in full production by 16 May 2022. 

The conservation, protection and management of water is a top priority for ZAC. “The principal aim of ZAC’s sustainable water management policy is to minimise and reduce freshwater consumption in all our operations,” states ZAC GM Wayne Rowe. 

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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