Telestack has recently installed a custom design mobile truck unloading, stockpiling, reclaiming and barge loading facility for iron ore in Sierra Leone. Installation commenced towards the end of 2011 and the system was completely commissioned and signed over in early 2012. The turnkey solution was delivered as part of London Mining Company’s (LMC) Phase 1 investment and Telestack’s sales engineers worked closely with LMC management and the main consultant on the project, Ausenco, to deliver the bespoke turnkey solution.

LMC choose a logistic system which sees iron ore coming from their Outotec beneficiation plant (8,000 t/d), being trucked 40 km from the mine site in Marampa into the barge loading facility in Thofeyim on the River Loko. From this point, the material is loaded onto 8,000 t barges at 1,500 t/h. The barges then form part of a transhipping process, where they are unloaded via grab cranes onto Handymax vessels ranging from 37,000-55,000 dwt. More details on this project will be outlined in the October issue of International Mining.