Metso will supply two twin-cell rotary railcar unloader systems to Pilbara Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (FMG – reported in detail in IM’s April issue) for its Anderson Point site in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The value of the order is approximately €39 million. Both deliveries will be completed in Q4, 2009.
Each unloader system consists of a train indexer, train locks and a twin-cell rotary railcar unloader.  The order also comprises engineering, design and start-up assistance of the unloader systems. The unloader systems are capable of unloading trains at a rate of 80 wagons per hour each. This translates into an unloading rate of approximately 10,800 t/h per system. Metso’s solution will be used at Anderson Point to unload trains from iron ore coming from both FMG’s Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek mines.