FLS cuts wear maintenance and increases throughput by 7%

These changes combined to reduce the number of mantles from five to only two per campaign, with dramatic benefits to mine performance:

• A saving of 24% in yearly maintenance costs. This was achieved by reducing consumption of mantles from twenty to just eight, as well as the associated maintenance costs to facilitate these works.
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  Even more dramatically, the new liner profile design facilitated higher production. The site has been reporting an increase in daily tonnage by 7%.

These results are not just a major win for the mine’s bottom line; they also provide significant sustainability benefits, notably by reducing the quantity of worn liners that go to waste. In addition, reducing consumption of wear materials helps to lower the industry’s Scope 3 carbon emissions1 and is thus another step on the path to zero-emissions mining.