Giant elevators at new South African Colliery

Journal Article · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978 · World Coal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6618246

Holz, P

Two hydraulically-driven elevators, said to be the largest of their kind in the world, have been installed by Hunslet Taylor Consolidated of Germiston, South Africa, in the East and West service shafts of the new Bosjesspruit coal mine in the eastern Transvaal. This mine has been developed to supply the total coal requirements of SASOL II--South Africa's second oil-from-coal plant. The cages each weigh about 60 tons and are 9.7 meters long, 4.4 meters wide, and 3.7 meters high. They are large enough to transport up to 35 tons of equipment in either winding direction, and can carry a total of 300 men per trip. The elevators have been installed to transport large underground equipment such as continuous miners, shuttle cars, and feeder breakers rapidly through the shafts, eliminating the need to dismantle machinery into more manageable parts. SASOL II will process three times as much coal as SASOL I. It is expected that the plant will annually convert coal into 2,100,000 tons of saleable products including motor fuels, ethylene, chemicals, tar products, ammonia and sulfur. The Bosjesspruit mine will supply 40,000 tons of coal per day to the new plant.

• OSTI ID: 6618246
• Journal Information: World Coal; (United States), Journal Name: World Coal; (United States) Vol. 4:9; ISSN WOCOD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
012000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Mining
AFRICA
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL MINING
CONTROL SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HOISTS
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
LIQUEFACTION
MINING
MINING EQUIPMENT
SASOL PROCESS
SOUTH AFRICA
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSPORT
UNDERGROUND MINING