DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR IRON ORE CONCENTRATES IN SLURRY FORM

A new marine transportation system for iron ore concentrates is an effective combination of various conventional methods. It adopts the slurry method for loading and the grab method for unloading. The new transportation system reduces iron ore concentrate transportation cost to the minimum. Its biggest problem was the consolidation of slurried iron ore concentrates during transit, which resulted in a lower unloading efficiency. This problem has been solved by the development of a new unloader grab bucket which assures a high unloading efficiency and a method of preventing consolidation. A method of treating turbid water which arises in the loading operation by the slurry method has also been developed. With these improvements, this marine transportation system can compete favorably with the conventional dry ore concentrate system in unloading efficiency. It is also applicable to other ores which can be transported in the form of slurry.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

  5-1 Marunouchi, 2-chome, Chiyoda-Ku
  Tokyo 100,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • MATSUNO, Y
  • ASAI, K
  • Mori, I
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 132-145
• Serial:
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 2
  • ISSN: 0026-6817

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Loading and unloading; Ores; Pipelines; Slurry; Slurry pipelines; Transportation; Unloading facilities
• Old TRIS Terms: Ore loading; Ore pipelines; Ore unloading systems; Slurry transportation
• Subject Areas: Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149564
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM