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Megadoor, Oyu Tolgoi Gobi of Mongolia - 2 Pages
Mining: Oyu Tolgoi, Gobi of Mongolia New door installations
Reliable door performance in a tough environment
The world's largest undeveloped copper
deposit, which also turns out to include
significant deposits of gold and silver, is
located in the Gobi of Mongolia at a site
called Oyu Tolgoi, which means "Turquoise
Hill". The Oyu Tolgoi site is the signature
feature of Ivanhoe Mine's flagship project.
The concentrator's quickly evolving shape
is a barometer of the pace of the full-scale
construction now underway on what will
be one of the world's largest copper, gold
and silver mining complexes. The concentrator
initially will process 100,000 tonnes of ore
perday minedfromthe open pit, increasingto
up to 160,000 tonnes a day when ore from
the underground mine is added in 2015.
During the first 10 years of production, the
complex will produce a projected average
of 1.2 billion pounds of copper, 650,000
ounces of gold and three million ounces of
silver - every year.
Challenges / Critical Issues
High Wind load: Wind speed in the
Gobi desert can reach up to 200 km/h.
Doors need to withstand the wind
loads of hurricanes.
Cold Weather: Winter temperature
in the Gobi desert can reach as low as
-35- -40° C. All building facilities and
equipments must perform at extremely
low temperatures.
Excessively dusty condition: The dust
and sand in Gobi desert makes the
building difficult to keep clean. The
workshop needs to stay clean for equipment/
truck repairs and maintenance.
No immediate service: Immediate service
is difficult to achieve in the deep de-
sert. All facilities need to be reliable
and stable. Highly reliable equipment
with low service and maintenance
needs help keep downtime to a mini-
mum.
Megadoor provided
• 1 Megadoor S800 in lube storage size,
4000x4000mm
• 1 Megadoor S800 in welding and
machine shop size, 4500x4500mm
• 2 Megadoor S1000 in wash bay size,
5000x5000mm
• 2 Megadoor S1500 in welding and tire
shop, size 8000x8500mm
• 12 MegadoorS1500intruckshop
size, 12000x10600mm
• 7 Megadoor S800 in mineral
processing workshop various size
• 9 Megadoor S1000 in mineral
processing workshop various size
• Locally based services; design
assistance, technical advice and
installation
• Translucent fabric to allow more
natural light into the building, which
improved the working environment
• On time delivery and installation
• After sales assistance anda
maintenance contract, undertaken
by locally based technicians k k
