New plant doubles Zimplats coal use

The new facility follows the commissioning of a 35MW solar plant last year and forms part of a US$200 million investment pro­gramme aimed at strengthening power security for the miner's operations.

THE recently installed Hot Gas Generator at the Selous Metallurgical Complex (SMC) has doubled Zimplats Holdings (Zimplats) coal usage, hindering the company’s targets to reduce fossil-fuel consumption across its operations.The hot gas generator is a coal-fired fluidised-bed unit used to supply hot air to a flash dryer. This critical piece of equipment is part of…

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