AMN - SPONSOR NEWS: Novamine engineering safer solutions

Novamine is a company dedicated to the development of engineering solutions with a high level of innovation, quality and safety impacts. It is focused on satisfying the current and future maintenance needs of mobile fleets in open cast mining operations. Its facilities are located in the Antofagasta city of Chile.

The size and complexity of the equipment, such as the KIMBO Dump Body Exchange System, has resulted in establishment of a production plant in the industrial area near the city, called La Negra.

Following on from its success in Chile, Novamine is now expanding its operations into Southern Africa, where the company believes it can bring significant safety improvements and operating cost reductions to haul truck maintenance at large open cast mining operations.

Novamine engineers solutions for optimizing maintenance in large-scale mining operations. At present Novamine has two engineering projects under development and is manufacturing the successful KIMBO line of products.
KIMBO introduces a new concept in dump body maintenance and servicing processes – the Supported Load Working Method. This concept replaces the traditional ‘suspended load and crane’ method. KIMBO does not require the use of cranes for the exchange of dump bodies.

The advantages of the products Novamine develops are that they minimise the risks to maintenance staff and optimizes maintenance processes by offering the lowest operating costs, decreasing the turn-around time and reducing the involved resources.

At present more than 11 mining operations utilize the KIMBO Dump Body Exchange System. These include: Minera Escondida operated by BHP Billiton; Minera Candelaria operated by Lundin Mining Corporation; El Abra operated by FreePort - McMoran Copper & Gold; Minera Centinela and Los Pelambres operated by Antofagasta Minerals S.A., Minera Sierra Gorda operated by KGHM – Polska Miedz, and Codelco Divisions.
For more information go to www.nova-mine.com or contact:
Nils Schwarz
Schwarz Global Consulting
Tel: +27 11 475 7555
Fax: +27 86 552 1175
Cell: +27 82 851 0625
Email: nils@sgconsulting.co.za
Skype: schwarzglobal
Web: www.sgconsulting.co.za

OR:

María Alejandra Giménez | Business Development Manager.
Address: Av. Antonio Rendic 6904, Antofagasta, Chile.
T: +56 55 2566237 |Head Office +56 55 2566236 ; +56 55 2716828 |M: +56 9 62492110
E: alejandra.gimenez@novamine.cl | www.nova-mine.com