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West Virginia Coal Preparation Plant Expansion

Posted by Industrial Resources

Apr 8, 2020 8:00:00 AM

To remain competitive in today’s global marketplace, the coal industry must invest its capital effectively to constantly improve operational efficiencies. In 2019 Industrial Resources designed and built an addition for a West Virginia coal preparation plant to increase its raw feed capacity from less than 900 tons per hour (tph) to more than 1,200 tph, a 35% to 40% increase.

Industrial Resources is a design-build contractor that has successfully designed and constructed many processing plants and material handling systems for various industries for more than 75 years. The storyline for this upgrade is how the design-build contracting approach assured a successful project that achieved both objectives: the effective use of capital and improved efficiency.

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Topics: Design Build Contractor, Coal Preparation

What Are Column Flotation Cells?

Posted by Mike McCorkle

Feb 6, 2019 8:00:00 AM

Flotation is a science that brings together many complicated variables. Factors include knowledge of mineral structure, chemicals, temperature, technical skills of the operator and dependability of the flotation cell.  

Read on to learn more about flotation cells, its uses and the different types of flotation cells.

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Topics: Coal Preparation, Steel Fabrication, column flotation cells

Buchanan Mine Refuse Conveyor Reinforcement Project

Posted by Justin Leithauser, Senior Structural Engineer, P.E.

Nov 28, 2018 12:46:42 PM

Industrial Resources was featured in the November 2018 edition of Coal Age for our work on the refuse conveyor at Buchanan Mine, owned by Coronado Global Resources.

We want to thank Coal Age for featuring our story!

Buchanan Mine contracted with us to perform a structural inspection and evaluation of a gallery truss and the two bents supporting it.

You can read the story in its entirety below.

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Topics: Coal Preparation, Safety, Bulk Material Handling, Steel Fabrication

PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR THE COAL INDUSTRY - GETTING IT RIGHT

Posted by Raymond Perr, PE

May 20, 2014 2:39:00 PM

PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS - GETTING IT RIGHT

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Topics: electrical engineering, Coal Preparation

Coal Flow Problems – Possible Solution: ROUND CHUTES

Posted by Raymond Perr, PE

Mar 27, 2014 11:13:00 AM

COAL FLOW PROBLEMS FOR COAL PREPARATION AND PROCESSING PLANTS – COAL SOLUTIONS:  ROUND CHUTES

By: Raymond Perr P. E.

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Topics: Coal Preparation

How Important is Contractor Pre-Qualification for the Coal Industry?

Posted by Raymond Perr, PE

Mar 14, 2014 10:06:00 AM

Contractor Pre-Qualification:  How Important is it?

By: Raymond Perr P. E. Director of Business Development

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Industrial Resources designs and builds state-of-the-art coal preparation plants, such as the one pictured here for our customers in the Coal Industry.

The successful delivery of capital projects in the coal industry requires a lot of different players. We tend to attribute achievements like building a preparation plant that operates cost efficiently, or a material handling system that has a high availability, to the contractor that performed the construction or their engineers.

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Topics: CONTRACTOR PRE-QUALIFICATION, Coal Preparation

About Industrial Resources:

Industrial Resources has over 200 combined years of service in the mineral industry. Our greatest service is the ability to produce in situations where others were unable to. We are proud to design and build projects on schedule and within the customers' budget.

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