Tipper Trucks Start journey to Gounkoto Mine
JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS and DAKAR, SENEGAL -- (Marketwire) -- 09/22/11 --
RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
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('Randgold Resources' or 'Randgold')
Eleven specially modified 50
tonne trucks have arrived in Dakar in Senegal en route to the new
Gounkoto gold mine at Randgold Resources' Loulo mining complex in
Western Mali.
The ship carrying the Volvo FMX 10x4 tipper trucks which were
purpose-built for the mine by BAS Volvo Trucks in the Netherlands,
docked in Dakar this morning. Modifications to the trucks include the
addition of a fifth axle and a customised tray with an innovative
hardox 500 bottom ware plate system. Three further trucks have been
ordered and are scheduled to arrive in Dakar in February next year,
bringing Randgold's total investment in the fleet to US$4.2 million.
Transporting these haulage trucks from Dakar harbour to the mine in
Mali is being controlled by local Senegalese logistics partner Lamine
Gueye of CSTTAO.
The trucks will be used to transport ore from the Gounkoto mine to the
plant at Loulo, some 30 kilometres away. 'This dedicated fleet will
greatly reduce the cost per tonne of ore delivered to Loulo as a result
of the increased hauling capacity and efficient fuel consumption,' says
Randgold group consulting mining engineer Marcel Damen.
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