MARKETS

Fenner Dunlop: latest plant in July

REPRESENTING the largest single investment in the company's 100-year manufacturing history, conve...

Blair Price
Fenner Dunlop: latest plant in July

Earlier in the year Fenner executive director David Landgren said the new plant was also the largest single investment in conveyor belt manufacturing ever made in Australia.

“We could have built this facility in China or India,” he said at the time. “Others have done that.

“But our decision to manufacture in Australia was based on our commitment to quality and the total cost of the belts to our customers.”

The plant will be able to produce steel cord belt and rubber ply belt up to 3200mm wide, with an initial annual capacity of 330,000 square metres.

Fenner said this equates to about 103km of 3200mm wide belt.

The plant will also have the most modern technical testing facility in the southern hemisphere.

Fenner said it would have the best rubber calendaring and steel cable tensioning equipment available anywhere in the world, with a faster throughput than was previously considered possible.

The Kwinana manufacturing facility will be Fenner’s 15th for producing conveyor and its fourth steel cord plant.

TOPICS:

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Monthly Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Monthly Intelligence team.

editions

ESG Mining Company Index: Benchmarking the Future of Sustainable Mining

The ESG Mining Company Index report provides an in-depth evaluation of ESG performance of 61 of the world's largest mining companies. Using a robust framework, it assesses each company across 9 meticulously weighted indicators within 6 essential pillars.

editions

Mining Magazine Intelligence Exploration Report 2024 (feat. Opaxe data)

A comprehensive review of exploration trends and technologies, highlighting the best intercepts and discoveries and the latest initial resource estimates.

editions

Mining Magazine Intelligence Future Fleets Report 2024

The report paints a picture of the equipment landscape and includes detailed profiles of mines that are employing these fleets

editions

Mining Magazine Intelligence Digitalisation Report 2023

An in-depth review of operations that use digitalisation technology to drive improvements across all areas of mining production