Chapter 6
I Construction During The Settlement Years
II The Use Of Timber As A Structural Material
III Structural Steel
IV Concrete Technology
V Housing
VI Industrialised Pre-cast Concrete Housing
VII Ports And Harbours
VIII Roads
IX Heavy Foundations
X Bridges
XI Sewerage
XII Water Engineering
XIII Railways
XIV Major Buildings
XV Airports
XVI Thermal Power Stations
XVII Materials Handling
i For grain:
ii For salt:
iii For sugar
iv For iron ore
v For coal
vi For bauxite:
vii For alumina:
viii For cement:
XVIII Oil Industry
XIX The Snowy Mountains Scheme
XX The Sydney Opera House
XXI The Sydney Harbour Bridge
XXII Hamersley Iron
XXIII North West Shelf
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For iron ore
Australia operates two of the largest iron ore mining operations in the world: Hamersley (see page 119) (exporting via Dampier Port), and Mount Newman (exporting via Port Hedland). Capacities in various sectors for either operation are among the highest anywhere. These include: trains from mine to port of 220 cars and 27,000 tonnes trailing load; unloaders dumping three 1,200 tonne railcars simultaneously at 10 500 t/h; belt capacities up to 12,000 t/h, with matching stacker/reclaimer systems; shiploading at 8,000 t/h; ship loads up to 200,000 tonnes. All with efficient dust suppression and collection, and with weighing, measuring and control instrumentation feeding sophisticated computers operated so as to optimise the management of the plant.The design and construction of the Ore Handling Plant No. 2 at Mt. Newman won an Association of Construction Engineers, Australia (A.C.E.A.) Excellence Award in 1976. The project, which was designed by Crooks Michell Peacock Stewart Pty. Limited, is illustrated in Fig. 68. It represents a high technical achievement in a harsh, hot, dry climate some 1,000 km north-east of Perth.
Unique problems of terrain, tide or weather have often called forth innovative engineering solutions. For its time (mid-1960s) the Savage River Mine in Tasmania with its iron ore slurry line, loading berth and loaders produced most advanced concepts, and constructed and operated them successfully.
Organisations in Australian Science at Work - Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (A.C.E.A.); Crooks Michel Peacock Stewart Pty Ltd; Hamersley Iron; Savage River Mine, Tas.
People in Bright Sparcs - Peacock, E. E.
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