In-Pit Crushing, Conveying and Stacking/Stockpiling Systems (IPCC)
TAKRAF Group IPCC Systems: Safer, more sustainable solutions for new and brownfield operations
Key Facts
- Types of plants
- Mobile/semi-mobile/fixed crushing plants
- In-pit or ex-pit crushing
- close to where rocks are blasted and loaded
- Conveying
- up to 50,000 t/h on one conveyor
- Crushing
- up to 14,000 t/h
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In-Pit Crushing, Conveying and Stacking/Stockpiling Systems (IPCC)
In-Pit Crushing and Conveying Systems (IPCC) systems reduce the need for truck haulage to a minimum and build operational resilience. They potentially substantially reduce operational expenditure (OPEX) and, additionally, provide important safety and environmental benefits.
While conventional truck haulage remains the most flexible transport option, it can account for up to 60% of total mining costs. In-pit conveying systems offer an effective alternative by reducing or eliminating large mobile truck fleets on pit access roads, or by replacing long-distance truck haulage to downstream facilities such as stockpiles or waste dumps.
Depending on pit development and well-defined mine plans, fully mobile, semi-mobile or fixed crushing plants can be installed in-pit or ex-pit, typically positioned as close as practicable to the mining face.
Why consider IPCC?
IPCC systems significantly reduce:
- Greenhouse gas emissions by replacing fossil fuel-driven trucks
- Noise levels and dust emissions, as well as water consumption associated with haul road maintenance
- Weather-related downtime when mobile equipment can no longer access inclined ramps
- High overall maintenance costs associated with haulage trucks
- Manpower requirements when autonomously-controlled trucks are not applicable
- Safety gaps due to decreased mobile vehicle use
Implementing an IPCC system
The successful implementation of an IPCC system requires an initial technical feasibility study, based on geological, geotechnical, operational and site-specific conditions, together with a positive life-of-mine economic case that offsets the typically higher upfront capital investment.
TAKRAF Group’s Mining Technology Center evaluates each operation’s IPCC potential through dedicated studies and technical proposals based on:
- More than a century of experience and know-how in continuous mining systems
- A comprehensive IPCC product range from a single source, with only gyratory crushing machines needing to be externally sourced for TAKRAF Crushing Plants
- Mine planning expertise sourced from a global team of specialist mine planning engineers
Benefits
Cost-effective solutions
Long-term cost advantages are derived from meticulously planned system and equipment selection, based on decades of experience, especially in high-capacity operations.
Reliable operation in challenging operating conditions
TAKRAF’s IPCC equipment is engineered to withstand the harshest conditions from deserts and high-rainfall regions to elevations above 4,000 m asl and the extreme cold of northern climates.
Continuity
TAKRAF’s 300-year heritage gives customers confidence in the Group’s longevity and its ability to support equipment throughout its entire lifecycle.
