ROPE UP AT OYU TOLGOI MINE SHAFT 2
Rope up with friction winder and clamping and lifting device
Customer
Oyu Tolgoi LLC
Country
Mongolia
Oyu Tolgoi LLC is a Mongolian company, jointly owned by Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC on behalf of the Government of Mongolia (34 per cent) and Rio Tinto (66 per cent). Rio Tinto also manages Oyu Tolgoi on behalf of the partnership.
Oyu Tolgoi is a large copper and gold deposit in the southern Gobi Desert of Mongolia. The mining complex is operated by Oyu Tolgoi LLC. Copper ore is mined both open pit and underground in the
medium term. Oyu Tolgoi consists of a number of ore deposits that contain copper, gold and silver, with over 80 percent of the total value of Oyu Tolgoi being underground. The plan is to develop an underground mining complex in which the ore is extracted using the Block Caving mining technology and transported to the surface for processing. 31 kms of lateral development has been done to date in Oyu Tolgoi. Up to 200 kilometers of tunnels are planned at depths of up to 1,300 meters to allow safe mining of the deepest parts of the Oyu Tolgoi ore body.
Year of commissioning
2019
Layed rope length in total
Approx. 24 km
Information about the project
Comprehensive equipment and rope handling know-how supplied
SIEMAG TECBERG has supplied extensive equipment to Mongolia for the roping up of the ropes and for the subsequent rope-changing procedure at hoisting systems in both production and service
hoisting in shaft 2 of the mine: One 6-rope mobile friction winder (completely mounted on a trailer), one 6-rope clamping and lifting device (CLD), one 1-rope clamping and lifting device, various horizontal and vertical deflector sheaves, eight compressed air cable winches, eight auxiliary winches, as well as various aids and accessories for rope handling.
The SIEMAG TECBERG team, consisting of employees from various subsidiaries, together with employees from the mine, was once again able to prove that safe and efficient rope laying with SIEMAG
TECBERG rope handling equipment is possible on the basis of an efficient preparation (in May 2019) and well thought-out process organisation on site. In addition, the rope laying of both hoisting systems was completed in July / August 2019 a few days before the planned end date. During this project, ropes with a total length of approx. 24 km were laid in cooperation with the Oyu Tolgoi LLC team.
