Metso Minerals to supply a stacker reclaimer to Drax Power in the United Kingdom
Metso Minerals will supply a bucket wheel stacker reclaimer to Drax Power Limited in North Yorkshire, the United Kingdom. The delivery will be completed during the last quarter of 2009. The value of the order will not be disclosed.
The order is for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a bucket wheel stacker reclaimer for handling coal at Drax Power's power station. The equipment will replace the existing bucket wheel stacker reclaimer, which was installed by Metso in 1974. The order includes the dismantling of the current equipment. The new equipment has a stacking capacity of 3000 tons per hour and a reclaiming capacity of 2500 tons per hour, and a boom outreach of 38 meters.
The power station of Drax Power Limited is the largest, cleanest and most efficient coal fired power station in the UK and has a total capacity of just under 4000 megawatts. Drax Power also operates a second bucket wheel stacker reclaimer on the site, which was installed by Metso in 1982.
Metso Minerals is a global supplier of solutions, equipment and services for rock and minerals processing. Its expertise covers the production of aggregates, the processing of ores and industrial minerals, as well as construction and metal recycling. Metso Minerals is a business area of Metso Corporation, a global engineering and technology corporation with 2007 net sales of approximately EUR 6 billion. Its more than 26 000 employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries.
Metso Minerals & Drax Power
Metso Minerals to supply a stacker reclaimer to Drax Power in the United Kingdom
Metso Minerals will supply a bucket wheel stacker reclaimer to Drax Power Limited in North Yorkshire, the United Kingdom. The delivery will be completed during the last quarter of 2009. The value of the order will not be disclosed.
The order is for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a bucket wheel stacker reclaimer for handling coal at Drax Power's power station. The equipment will replace the existing bucket wheel stacker reclaimer, which was installed by Metso in 1974. The order includes the dismantling of the current equipment. The new equipment has a stacking capacity of 3000 tons per hour and a reclaiming capacity of 2500 tons per hour, and a boom outreach of 38 meters.
The power station of Drax Power Limited is the largest, cleanest and most efficient coal fired power station in the UK and has a total capacity of just under 4000 megawatts. Drax Power also operates a second bucket wheel stacker reclaimer on the site, which was installed by Metso in 1982.
Metso Minerals is a global supplier of solutions, equipment and services for rock and minerals processing. Its expertise covers the production of aggregates, the processing of ores and industrial minerals, as well as construction and metal recycling. Metso Minerals is a business area of Metso Corporation, a global engineering and technology corporation with 2007 net sales of approximately EUR 6 billion. Its more than 26 000 employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries.
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