MINING
Founded in 1986, CLOSE CONSULTANTS has been providing engineering services to the mining sector for almost 30 years. Major project works have included structural/civil designs and drafting for:
- Bulk material handling
- Mine infrastructure and equipment
- Conveyor systems
- Washery plants
- Stockyard systems
- Stackers & Reclaimers
- Dumping stations
- Thickeners
- Crushing-Screening plants
- Mobile plant and equipment.
The company has extensive expertise working on the design and development of coal washing and materials handling plants, iron ore screening and crushing plants, gravel and garnet plants. In addition the company has worked on the detailed design and development of various mechanical and process equipment, such as radial stacking conveyors, curved conveyors, thickeners and wash-boxes. Projects have been located both within Australia and the South Asia Region. Prior to setting up the company Brian Close has worked in both the UK and Canada working on various coal and gold mining projects.
| Striker Australia PL – Iron Ore Screening and Crushing Plants | Report on Stacker Reclaimers Queensland Alumina -QAL Gladstone |
| Industrial Garnet Project Geraldton WA -Design Development | Pelton Colliery Raw Coal Stockpile & Reclaim System |
| Eraring Power Station Coal Train Unloading Station and Overland Curved Conveyor -Ulan Coal/John Holland | Tahmoor Coal Picton - Washery Extension BMCH |
| Hongai Coal Preparation Plant Vietnam – BMCH | Emus Plains (Boral) Screening and Crushing Plant BMCH |
| Camberwell Coal Preparation Plant Hunter Valley NSW | Coal Dumping and Crushing Station Teralba, NSW- BMCH |
| Coal Preparation Plant Parambahan Western Sumatra – BMCH | Bellambi Coal Preparation Plant Modifications – NSW |
| Vickery Coal Preparation Plant Modifications Gunnedah NSW – BMCH | Newstan Coal Wash Plant Upgrade Hunter Valley, NSW |
| BMCHCook Washery Modifications Queensland-BMCH | Avon Washery Additions Wollongong, NSW |
| Portable Coal Washing Plant BMCH | Coalimex Vietnam Upgrade to Wash Plant Vietnam – BMCH |
| Springvale Overland Conveyors Clutha Coal Lithgow, NSW CIVILBUILD | Peak Downs Mine Queensland Microcel Installation-BMCH |
| Saraji Mine, QLD Preliminary Design of New Microcel Installation-BMCH | Kooragang Island Coal Terminal NSW Extensions to Existing Ship-loading Conveyor |
| Ship-Loader, Port Waratah, NSW Modifications and Extensions – GHD | Overland Curved Conveyor South Blackwater Mine – Tender BMCH |
| Kooragang Island Tender Extensions to Stockpile Conveyor BMCH | |
