The Dülmen (Germany)-based producer of special engineering solutions and machines, JOEST, has won its biggest contract in the company’s history in 2014 and is thus building a turnkey conveyor and screening plant for a major customer in northern Scandinavia.

The core of the project comprises six giant double deck screening machines - each 9.200mm long and 3.000 mm wide - and a considerable number of belt-conveyors and shredder technique. A supply bunker at the top feeds the screens with a total throughput of 10.000t/h of iron ore pellets.

From the iron ore mine in Kiruna, these pellets are transported by rail to Narvik, which is situated at the altitude of the Lofoten. There, the iron ore pellets are further processed in a new screen house, which comprises more than 1.700 tons of steel. The screened and classified material is then directly loaded onto ships using belt conveyors.

The double-digit million euro contract, contains the complete planning of the installation, the delivery
of machinery, the assembly as well as the commissioning, up to the acceptance inspection by the Norwegian end customer.

The delivery via road, rail and sea started as early as September 2014. Commissioning and the start of production are scheduled for the end of 2015.

Scandinavia´s biggest producer of iron ore puts its trust into JOEST’s screening technology.

This major project – a turnkey conveyor and screening plant with a total of six screening machines – is scheduled to be put into operation by the end of 2015.

Large screening machines from Joest are now availale in Brazil from the joint venture Joest-Mavi Ltda, in São Paulo. For more on this, please refer to our Brazilian site by clicking here.