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Rapid Crushing and Screening Contractors has taken delivery of the Jonsson L160 primary crusher, which weighs nearly 190t

Jumbo arrives at Rapid it nearly eliminates the need for separate Macarthur steels ties with
rock breaking.
What is believed to be the biggest “It can produce big tonnages, at the RCR
track-mounted rock crushing machine in best price possible and is the ideal so-
the world has recently arrived in Western lution for mines having a stand-down or Macarthur Minerals Ltd has engaged RCR
Australia. unplanned failure of a mine’s primary jaw Mining Technologies Pty Ltd to provide a con-
In a world first for a private contractor, crusher. The L160 can be mobilised as a ceptual engineering and design solution for
Perth-based Rapid Crushing and Screen- stop-gap measure to minimise downtime rail transport and unloading infrastructure of
ing Contractors has recently taken deliv- and maintain high volume processing,” magnetite concentrate at the Port of Esper-
ery of a Jonsson L160 primary crusher. he said. ance.
Rapid Crushing and Screening Con- Rapid obtained the machine to fill a A subsidiary of NRW Holdings Ltd, RCR
tractors operations manager Glenn Irvine void in mine-site crushing and screening holds an exclusive license to develop the He-
said the crusher was built in Sweden and work that exists Australia-wide. lix dumper system in Australia and, in combi-
is the first of its type in Australia. Because of its capacity, Rapid antici- nation with Kiruna Wagon, has the ability to
The mega unit has been fitted with a pates considerable demand for the ma- manufacture both the dumper and wagons in
host of optional features, including a Met- chine. Western Australia.
so C160 jaw crusher, a large feeder, rear The machine’s fleet number is 747, Macarthur has tasked RCR with examining
support legs and hopper extensions. hence it has been appropriately nick- the potential of deploying the cutting-edge rail
“It is the ultimate mobile machine for named, Jumbo. unloading technology, which has been suc-
open quarries and mines that require a Whilst Jumbo does not have the capac- cessfully used in Scandinavian magnetite
seriously high capacity, heavy duty unit ity to fly from site to site, Irvine said the operations for several years, across the com-
with the ability to accept up to 1,200mm machine is surprisingly easy to transport, pany’s flagship Moonshine magnetite depos-
ROM rock,” Irvine said. which is just as well as its first project will its at Lake Giles.
Irvine said its use reduces costs in- be at a site in northern Queensland. If constructed, the Helix dumper system will
curred through sorting oversize ROM as be capable of handling tonnages well in ex-

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