Category: Fuel Management

Integrated Reliability Solutions has been involved specifically in the management and servicing of lubricants and lubrication systems for the mining, power generation and associated industries since 1987.  The company’s experience and success has been, in part, based on the integration of good lubrication process, innovative system design and commitment to quality client service.   From managing lubrication and fuel assets to productivity improvements, maintenance of hydrocarbons on site and in transport, IRS has a solution to fit specific requirements.  Australian Mining Review spoke to IRS Managing Director Mark Drayton about the company’s products and operations.  Asset management  Mr Drayton stands firmly behind the principle that an integrated approach to plant maintenance is essential for maximum reliability.  “IRS provides a targeted range of specialised…

The CareTaker ALRS can be retrofitted to any vehicle. EQUIPMENT Placement’s patented CareTaker ALRS design has been developed specifically to address the ongoing issues associated with fluid sampling methods, and to remove safety hazards for operators and service personnel. Equipment Placement co-founder and director Brian Bondi told the Australian Mining Review that there has been many variants of the project since its conception, but that it was product developer Jason Bondi who took the theory behind the objectives and transformed the product into the CareTaker ALRS. And now, after more than one year of field testing, the CareTaker ALRS has hit commercial production and is hitting every target the Equipment Placement team set. The concept was designed by Fluid Transfer…

HISTORICALLY, diesel, natural gas and grid electricity have powered mining operations in WA, but the demand for LNG is growing fast and for good reason. EVOL LNG has been supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel remote mines in WA since 2008. Its trucked LNG offering has become the preferred choice for remote mines that are located within 1000km of its Kwinana LNG plant, yet don’t have the power demand or mine life to underpin construction of a gas pipeline or powerlines. LNG offers significant cost savings and emission benefits compared to diesel, and is less capital intensive and less contractually onerous than lengthy gas pipelines or powerlines. Diesel-fuelled mining operations have been fully exposed to the volatile international oil…

REDUCING on-site fuel spend can have enormous impacts for overall mining efficiency. Fuelfix specialises in providing premium solutions for fuel storage and management through innovative products and services. National manager marketing and corporate strategy, Henry Westbrook, described the recent work on an in-pit refueller project for one of Australia’s largest mining companies as one example of Fuelfix’s problem solving capabilities and delivery of an innovative solutions. “We worked out that if we positioned the fuel tank in the actual mining pit rather than have all the trucks having to travel to a fuel farm, it would save both time and money for the customer” Mr Westbrook said. “But to make it work we actually had to build a big enough…

DUNNING’S is one of the few companies in the country that have raised the bat to celebrate 50 years in business (55 in fact), growing to include wholesale fuel distribution, a fleet of fuel cartage trucks, 20 company owned fuel sites and a retail truck stop network in association with Shell. Added to this is a presence in the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Kimberley, Wheatbelt, South West WA, Perth and Goldfields. Dunning’s also has a strong involvement with the supply of fuels to agriculture and aviation. It is little wonder then that this third-generation business has a significant involvement in the mining industry, featuring some tailor-made fuel solutions. Transportable fuel tanks The first major facet of the company’s mine site solution is…

PRECISE measurement and management of mine site fuel can: Produce significant cost savings. Increase accountability. Improve efficiency. Return cash in the form of fuel tax credits. However, this can only be achieved when a comprehensive, mine-specific fuel management system is implemented. AMR spoke with Sean Birrell from Australian Company, FluidIntel, about their AdaptFMS fuel management system. Evolution In conjunction with large mining companies around the world, and through extensive field testing, AdaptFMS evolved over more than a decade to create solutions and workflows, delivering a true multi-site application. The extensive R&D period enabled FluidIntel to design and build everything from their printed circuit breitling bentley b a25363 001 46mm mens silver tone stainless steel boards (PCBs) to firmware and ultimately…