Forging the Future of Mining

Sempertrans was selected to provide a groundbreaking conveyor belt solution for Warrior Met's Blue Creek Mining Project in Alabama, USA. This state-of-the-art longwall mine is expected to be among the lowest cost producers in the world, with a highly efficient facility and an anticipated annual production capacity of approximately 6.0 million short tons of premium hard coking coal. The project involved the provision of the strongest conveyor belt in North America, and significantly, the strongest conveyor belt ever produced by Sempertrans to date, addressing critical high-tension requirements within this high-volume slope belt application.
 

Warrior is a U.S.-based, environmentally and socially minded supplier to the global steel industry. It is dedicated entirely to mining non-thermal metallurgical (met) steelmaking coal used as a critical component of steel production by metal manufacturers in Europe, South America and Asia. Warrior is a large-scale, low-cost producer and exporter of premium quality met coal, also known as hard-coking coal (HCC), operating highly efficient longwall operations in its underground mines based in Alabama. The HCC that Warrior produces from the Blue Creek coal seam contains very low sulfur and has strong coking properties. The premium nature of Warrior’s HCC makes it ideally suited as a base feed coal for steel makers. 

• Unprecedented Strength & Throughput: The belt was built to handle increased tension and throughput, designed for both current and future operational demands of a high-capacity mine.
• Enhanced Operational Efficiency: The high-quality design contributes to improvements in overall availability and throughput, supporting the Blue Creek project's goal of being a low-cost, state-of-the-art operation.
• Extended Service Life: Expected benefits include lifetime improvements, leading to reduced maintenance and replacement costs.
• Optimized Performance: Other anticipated improvements include less carryback, reduced spillage, minimized mistracking, less wear, and enhanced safety within the conveyor operations.
• Strong Partnership: The project exemplified a high-quality design achieved through strong partnerships between the end-user, an engineering company, and Sempertrans, including collaboration with ICR for the sale and installation of the belt by Sempertrans qualified splicers.