OREANDA-NEWS. October 24, 2012. The system started operating at the intermediary storage facility where it crushes and sorts out run-of-mine coal into 0-50 mm and 50-200 mm grades. The system consists of one feeding hopper, one central conveyor, one angled screen, two intermediary conveyors, one rotor crusher and two conveyors for transporting the finished product.

According to SUEK-Kuzbass open-pit colliery administration's director Sergei Kanzychakov, putting this crushing-and-screening system into operation is going to decrease the cost of products through cancellation of outsourcing and to increase the volume of coals shipped overseas.

"By applying new high-performance equipment the Zarechny open-pit mine is leading in open-pit operations in the company. According to September results, the open-pit mine's team won 2m metric tons of coal having exceeded its last year's achievement by 600,000 metric tons", stressed Kanzychakov.