Soon to be released products showcased at MINExpo 2016

Banlaw will be unveiling innovative new offerings in the lead up to MINExpo 2016, with world-first technologies in several hydrocarbon categories on display. Achieve greater visibility and control, and even faster, safer, cleaner refuelling and fluid transfer. To get your hands on these game-changing products first, come to the Banlaw stand at MINExpo where we’ll be offering live product demonstrations and training.

Banlaw is proud to sponsor racer Scott Kelly

Banlaw is proud to sponsor Scott Kelly who is racing in the Keema Cars Excel Cup. Scott won the Single Cam series in 2015, with two rounds (of eight) to spare. We wish him all the best for the 2016 season, set to be very competitive with the first 16 cars having less than a second between them in the first race.

Celebrating Banlaw’s Team

Group Managing Director, Bill Clifton, awarded each member of staff with a gift and thanked them for their contribution to Banlaw’s continuing success. ‘We have a very dedicated team here at Banlaw. We operate in more than 30 countries but we all know each other and are all committed to providing hard-working solutions for our clients. I think that’s why we have been able to have such long term commitment from our staff,’ he said.

How Banlaw has helped Indonesia’s premier coal mine

International Mining magazine visited the Kaltim Prima Coal mining complex in Indonesia in late 2015, to see how such a large operation manages its huge fleet of machines over an extensive area. Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) is the world’s largest single producer and exporter of thermal coal, as well as largest single coal mining complex in Asia. ‘Back in 2008 the fuel accounting system at KPC was still highly manual, yet local teams were expected to manage inwards deliveries of some 3 million litres of diesel, which were arriving by barge every couple of days. This product was being hauled 16 km by tanker trucks and pipeline to the ROM storage area. From the ROM area, the diesel was used to fill haul trucks and large service trucks which would operate at refuelling locations within the pit. Pretty much everything was hand written, while contractors on the site also had to acquire the fuel they needed via a paper-based system. These factors caused significant difficulty in terms of reconciling around 1.6 million litres per day.

Refuelling Faster than Formula One

Fuel is the number one consumable expense for most heavy industrial operations and fleets. Inefficient refuelling wastes significant time and money. Formula One fans are currently waiting for the FIA to confirm whether in-race refuelling will be allowed once more. While Bernie Ecclestone and some drivers are all for it, there are also safety and cost considerations. When refuelling was last introduced to F1 in 1984, the pit lane went from being somewhere to stop with a problem, to the place where competitive advantage is achieved. On this highly visible stage races were won with a combination of high speed refuelling hardware, a well-trained team, and optimised processes.

Refuelling and LubeCentral – now even better with caps as standard

Banlaw is delighted to announce that caps will now be delivered as standard with all refuelling nozzles and receivers. Banlaw’s Flush-Face range of receivers will also be supplied with aluminium caps as standard. Optional nozzle caps are available upon request. Banlaw is committed to reducing contamination. In our October 2014 Newsletter we discussed that fuel and fluid contamination accounts for between 60% and 70% of break-downs. Again in June 2015 we showed the amount of contaminants which often accumulate inside critical machines. Controlling fluid cleanliness with filtered vents, dry-break couplings and heavy duty caps has been shown to dramatically reduce dirt ingress.

Safety Update from Banlaw

Banlaw has spent three decades refining the functionality of the refuelling area. We understand the particular challenges you face with scale, speed and harsh environments. We also know how important it is to keep your staff and equipment safe whilst achieving optimum productivity. An example of fuel spills on a mine site causing safety hazards. Afterwards, with Banlaw equipment installed, the leak has been stopped and safety standards have been further improved with a Banlaw dry break nozzle.

Rio Tinto Aluminium – Weipa, Australia

Rio Tinto Aluminium Weipa mine produces metal grade bauxite and calcined bauxite in the vicinity of 16 million tonnes per annum. The mining lease areas is 2,500 square kilometres. Rio Tinto Aluminium commissioned Banlaw FuelTrack™ at six locations surrounding the town of Weipa in early 2005. It is tracking fuel deliveries of between three and four million litres of diesel a month from more than a dozen refuelling points to around 400 pieces of equipment with an accuracy rate of above 99.5%.

Barrick Gold Global

Barrick Gold is a gold industry leader, with 25000+ employees, 26 operating mines (including Afrian Barrick Gold) producing 7.8 million ounces of gold in 2010. Barrick Gold selected Banlaw FuelTrack™ as their Global fuel management system. Now, Banlaw manage 14 Barrick sites across five countries with more than 400 million litres p.a. of diesel measured and accounted for with a level of accuracy not previously possible.

KPC Sangatta (18 months on)

PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) is a world class producer of high coal thermal with one of the world’s largest open pit mining operations. Located in north-easter Kalimantan, Indonesia in 2010 production was 35.7 million tonnes. KPC commissioned the largest Banlaw installation to date with over 50 Banlaw FuelTrack™ depot consoles on one site in October 2009. Banlaw’s patented Banlaw FuelTrack™ Auto ID system is successfully installed on and tracking over 2000 mine vehicles including heavy, light and contractor vehicles. Fuel accountability is consistent at 99.98% of their 630 million litres per year, or 1.7 million litres a day.

KPC and Atlas Copco Nusantara (5 years on)

An effective partnership between Banlaw, mining giant KPC and its distributor Atlas Copco Nusantara has been central to the highly successful implementation of an integrated fuel management system at one of the world’s largest open pit mining operations in Sangatta, Indonesia. Five years on, Banlaw’s fuel management system is performing extremely well, saving KPC time and money. The good news is there are still more benefits being realised.

FillSafe Firesafe Valve

Banlaw is your trusted expert in advising on integrated systems to give you the benefit of fast refuelling and fire prevention. As part of its best practice approach, Banlaw FillSafe™ is the only refuelling system to have an integrated fire-safe valve on the bottom and side entry tank inlets that only remains open during the refuelling process. Fires on-board large equipment often occur during operation and in servicing. In the event of such a fire, fuel loss via the tank inlet is eliminated because the valve is closed. Other valves and systems do not afford the same fire protection while also maintaining safe, fast refuelling times, with zero overflow, zero spillage and zero pressure on tanks.

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