Port Facilities

Iron  ore  concentrate  is stored  in  two  stockpiles which have a total capacity of 4,00,000 tonnes for being reclaimed  and loaded into ships through a ship loader with a rated capacity of 6000 tonnes per hour. A  loading rate of 20,000 to 30,000 tonnes a day is guaranteed for Panamax type vessels. The  pellets  are  reclaimed  by  a bucket wheel reclaimer which can handle around 4000 tonnes per hour for loading of pellets. A captive iron ore berth has been provided to handle ships of 65,000 DWT with a loaded draft of 12.5 meters. This exclusive berth eliminates waiting time for ships.

Main Parameters of Port Facilities

• Maximum length overall (LOA) : 245 Mts
• Maximum breadth (BEAM) : 49 Mts
• Berth length 198 Mts
• Turning diameter 490 Mts
• Permissible draft at high tides 12.50 Mts
• Maximum size of ship the captive berth can handle is 65,000 DWT

FILTER PLANT AT MANGALORE

KIOCL Limited at its Port Facilities department has iron ore grinding unit, filtering unit and loading system for handling the panamax vessels for cargo loading at a draft depth of 13 mtrs. The iron ore fines received from Bellary area and Kirandul by rail and ship are subjected to grinding after primary screening. Through three nos. of Ball mills the ore is ground by way of wet grinding process. This hematite ore thus ground is subjected to screening and then filtration. Highly efficient screens are used for screening the ground iron ore with size separation. For filtration of the ground slurry, vacuum disc filters are used. The Vacuum disc filters are modified to that extent to filter the fine hematite material. The filtered material will have moisture of around 9.5-11%. This is then carried to a closed storage shed of 2 lakh tons capacity. From the storage shed, the ore is fed to the Pellet Plant using a bridge reclaimer.

The Company has another shed for storage of Pellets. About 2.5 lakh tons of pellets can be stockpiled there. A bucket-wheel reclaimer is used to load the pellets to conveyors to further carry the pellets to ship, anchored in the berth dedicated to KIOCL Ltd. This can load 5000 tons per hour.

FILTER DISC