Wabi Corp. to Provide Wear Resistant Castings for De Beers Canada

De Beers Canada operates two diamond mines in Canada. One of these is the Victor Mine, an open pit facility that produces approximately 600,000 carats yearly. Through reverse engineering, Wabi’s specialists will be able to determine the correct dimensions, materials needed, and production operations required to build the needed castings. The process of reverse engineering enables a customer who initially does not have an associated drawing of a specific casting to subsequently acquire a drawing which enables them to access product supply directly from a castings manufacturer. The Vincent Mine is in need of two castings: the Sizer Top-Cap and the Breaker Block. The Sizer Top-Cap weighs at least 190 pounds and is considered as the initial wear portion of a continuous mining machine; in cases of extreme wear, the tip or the entire top-cap might require replacement.
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Mine Skips, Haulage Systems and Other Factors that Affect Efficiency

Mining products account for over 20 percent of Canada’s total exports. It’s no wonder, then, that Canada has become one of the largest mining nations in the world, producing over 60 minerals and metals with an estimated annual value of US$ 42 billion. These figures reflect not just the healthy mining market but also the abundance of ores underneath Canadian soil. Thanks to continuous exploration, new mine sites are being established and more minerals and metals are being mined. Current exploration results however, present a formidable two-fold challenge for mining companies: location and accessibility. According to the National Research Council Canada, easy-to-access mining locations are slowly disappearing, leaving remote sites the only option for mining firms looking to establish or expand their operations.
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High-Quality Mine Cages and Haulage Systems Contribute to Mine Safety

The mining industry faces multiple issues ranging from productivity concerns to supply-demand imbalances. There’s also a growing difficulty in recruiting young workers, while the current workforce continues to age. One crucial factor influencing the youth’s decision to pursue a career in the mines is safety in the workplace. In Canada, however, mining safety isn’t much of a problem. In fact, according to an article in MiningNL.com, the Canadian mining industry’s record on lost time accidents is among the lowest worldwide. Usually thought of as one of the most dangerous occupations, mining is actually one of the safest heavy industries in Canada.
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Wabi Iron & Steel Corp. Develops Hinged Mine Skips for Mine in Peru

A one-of-a-kind design found nowhere else in the world, the hinged mine skips were installed into the shaft compartment with only minimum adjustments to the hanging skip and made for easy alignment of the bail channels for equal wear distribution along all the mounted guide shoes. The El Porvenir Mine is considered to be Peru’s deepest underground mine and is located 321 km from Lima. Owned by Compania Minera Milpo, the 1,250-metre-deep mine produces lead and copper concentrates along with gold and silver content as well as zinc. Due to the mine’s extremely tight peripheral conditions around the shaft collar, Compania Minera Milpo determined that a sequential vertical installation was not an option. They then contracted Wabi Iron & Steel Corp., and relied on them to develop the hinged concept to facilitate one-piece skip installation.
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Custom Mine Cages in New Shafts Effectively Transport Workers and Equipment

More than 90 years after its closure, the historic Victoria Mine in Sudbury, Ontario is about to resume mining activity.KGHM International recently announced plans to proceed with its mine project, located south of the original Victoria Mine that ran from the 1890s to the 1920s. According to a feasibility study currently in its final stages, the new site contains an estimated 1.4 billion pounds of copper and nickel, and more than 200,000 pounds of platinum group elements (e.g. platinum, iridium).
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Ontario Wear Resistant Castings Manufacturer Builds Chute for Newmont USA

The chute, with a 5’ x 3’ throat opening, is equipped with a unique ore pass insert, isolating the entire installation from upward ground movements. Wabi manufactured the chute to ensure protection against high-stress abrasions and impact forces. Since the chute is used as a main transfer point between the ore pass and a 40-ton capacity haulage truck, its lining system is designed to endure sliding abrasion that comes with high muck stream flow rates. Rapid material loss may occur as a result of sliding abrasion when exposed under high loads, and particularly when the liner plate’s hardness is diminished below the plate’s surface. With the softer core material being exposed, gouges that form in the liner plate caused by sharp contact may result in preferential wear patterns being etched on the surrounding surface.
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Quality Mine Rail Cars Carry Millions of Tons of Iron Ore Every Day

Iron ore miners transport tons of rocks and material to foundries every day, where pure iron is extracted and eventually turned into steel. It's impossible to find pure iron deep within the world's mines, however, as this metal always exists as a compound. Two of the most commonly mined are hematite and magnetite. Hematite: Red Iron Hematite (Fe2O3) is one of the most precious sources for pure iron, with a yield of around 70 percent. Due to the rich iron content, it doesn't take as much crushing and screening to derive pure iron from hematite. Although often found in hues of red, hematite can also appear in brown, black, and gray.
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