Mining Facility Cleaning Equipment Case Studies

The mining industry in Australia produces tons of dust and residue on a daily basis. This results in the lowered quality of air and working conditions for miners and other staff. It requires efficient and regular cleaning to ensure that the industries continue to operate safely. Mining cleaning with the help of highly efficient tools, such as a mine roadway sweeper and mining dust sweeper, is essential to ensure that the premises stay dust-free at all times and meets the health and labour standards set by the industry authorities.

We provide an initial consultation to all our clients to understand their needs in order to figure out the right solution for the needs of their specific mining facility. Our ASC Eureka M1 sweeper is one of the top choices for mining facility cleaning. This high-tech product offers an effective solution for the elimination of dust particles with proven efficiency of 100%.

The ASC Eureka M1 Sweeper is the perfect solution for mine industry cleaning during all four seasons. Please have a look at our mining cleaning case study materials to learn how mining and mineral businesses such as Tegra Australia AC Hargreaves, Advanced Engineering Group, Boral Fused Materials, and many more use ASC sweepers to get rid of the dust, dirt, debris, and trash that accumulates on-site during regular mining operations.

Posted on Thursday, December 19, 2024

Hunter Valley Tracks

The Client Hunter Valley Tracks, based in Rutherford NSW, is a company that specialises in undercarriage management to the mining and civil sector. The Challenge Troy, Hunter Valley Tracks’ Managing Director, contacted ASC’s Nick Bilos. He was searching for a machine capable of picking up heavy dust and debris, that was accumulating in his yard. Prior to Nick’s consultation, the company had previously used an external contract sweeper to clean their yard. Over time, this system of cleaning was becoming ineffective due to the frequency of cleaning required, as well as the costs associated with this method. As an all-round

Posted on Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Temmco Group

The Client Temmco, founded in 1978, is a mining and engineering company, specialising in a wide range of fabrication, machining and maintenance. The Challenge Greg, Temmco Groups Operations Manager, contacted ASC’s Nick Bilos, wanting to upgrade their old sweeper, to mitigate the dust generation in their warehouse. Prior to Nick’s visit, the company had been using an old ASC MEP, successfully, for over 20 years. They wanted to update to a new machine, as the old MEP over the years, had aged. Given the proven track record of the old ASC MEP sweeper, the decision making was made quite simple.

Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Santos Queensland

The Client Santos is a leading company in the production of gas. They have a very large facility in Roma, Queensland. The Challenge Santos has a vast array of warehouses that stores its mining requirements. The company needed a sweeper that would effectively pick up all the dust that was brought into their warehouses from forklift movement and swirling winds. The Result The company purchased a heavy duty, ASC Eureka M6 sweeper. The machine was installed by ASC’s Nathaniel Prasad.

Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Varley Australia

The Client Varley was established in 1886 and is one of Australia’s oldest and most advanced engineering and manufacturing companies. Current manufacturing projects include custom emergency service, health, education and rescue vehicles, defence ambulances and arms storage facilities. Also industrial and recreational electric vehicles, power plant restorations and rail maintenance works. The Challenge Varley has a massive multi acre operation in Tomago, NSW. Varley had a need to sweep the site daily, to ensure it was clear of dust and debris. Being such a large site, the company required a large capacity sweeper that was capable of sweeping a high

Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Newmont Cadia Valley Operations

The Client Cadia is one of Australia’s largest gold mining operations, owned 100 per cent by Newmont Corporation. The Cadia site is 25 kilometres from Orange, New South Wales. The Challenge Cadia has an extensive workshop that they need to clean. They have residue from the underground mining machines that covers the workshops and general debris to clean up. The company closely monitors silica dust concentrations and is very conscious of exceptional dust control. ASC’s Scott Campbell recommended the heavy duty ASC M3 sweeper, as the company’s best solution. Scott also arranged an onsite demonstration of the ASC M3. The

Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Bengalla Mine

The Client Bengalla Mining Company, located four kilometres south west of Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, supplies international markets with thermal coal. The Challenge Bengalla Mine just opened up a new tyre change facility, that repairs their tyre needs for their fleet of mobile earthmovers. The new workshop is a large facility that can house many earthmovers. The challenge for the company was to find a machine that was manoeuvrable enough to sweep clean, 97% of the workshop. It had to be capable of sweeping up coal dust and leave the floor clean, without any

Posted on Friday, November 24, 2023

Fenix Resources Geraldton WA

The Client Fenix Resources is a premier iron ore producer in Western Australia’s Mid-West, with the Iron Ridge Mine delivering high-grade ore since December 2020. They ship their iron ore from the Port of Geraldton. The Challenge Fenix Resources has a large footprint at the Port of Geraldton. Iron ore is shipped in vast quantities via truck and conveyor belt. The port has large holding sheds and an extensive array of road networks that need to be swept on a daily basis. The company sought to invest in a sweeper that was designed to sweep iron ore and be proven

Posted on Friday, November 10, 2023

Idemitsu Australia – Boggabri Coal

The Client Boggabri Coal Mine is an open-cut coal operation. The mine produces up to 7 million tonnes per annum of saleable coal. The mine supports a workforce of about 600 employees and contractors. The Challenge The mine has a very large workshop, that services their fleet of large earthmoving equipment. The workshop gets a large buildup of coal dust and mud, due to the vehicles entering and exiting the workshop. The challenge was set to find a suitable sweeper that was designed to work in the mining sector, provide low maintenance costs and designed to cope with heavy dust

Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Bridgestone Mining Solutions

The Client Bridgestone Mining Solutions in Mackay is the key service hub to the Bowen Basin. Their facility is uniquely positioned to service all major pillars of their business, OTR sales, OTR repairs, new wheels and wheel repairs. The Challenge Bridgestone Mining Solutions warehouse is based in Mackay, Queensland. Running such a large Distribution centre, meant that their warehouse floors got very dusty with both external airborne dust as well as mobile forklift tyre dust generated while moving earthwork tyres. Graeme from Bridgestone Mining Solutions contacted ASC’s Nathaniel Prasad; he was looking for a solution for their warehouse, as well

Posted on Sunday, October 8, 2023

Bridgestone Mining Solutions

The Client Bridgestone Mining Solutions warehouse is based in Oxley, Queensland. The company is widely regarded as one of the giants in the supply of earthmoving tyres. The Challenge Graeme from Bridgestone Mining Solutions was looking for a sweeping solution for his Oxley warehouse. He wanted to improve the floor cleanliness of the facility, in a cost-effective way and essentially eliminate costly manual sweeping. ASC’s Nathaniel Prasad consulted with the company and recommended the purchase of a heavy duty ASC M3 sweeper, as a 20+ year solution. The Result Bridgestone Mining Solutions invested in an ASC M3 sweeper.

Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Yancoal NSW Invests Again ASC M8

The Client Yancoal Australia is a leading coal mining company. Their NSW site is based in the Mount Thorley coal region of Warkworth, just outside Singleton. The company had previously purchased an ASC M8 diesel powered sweeper for their South Workshop. The Challenge Yancoal required an additional sweeper for their North Workshop. The machine would be sweeping a large maintenance facility that serviced mining dump tricks and bulldozers. The facility would be full of coal dust and dusty, powdery dirt. Yancoal required a heavy duty sweeper, designed to work in these brutal conditions and work without extensive downtime or maintenance

Posted on Monday, August 7, 2023

Alcoa Del Park Western Australia

The Client Huntly Bauxite Mine is the world’s second largest bauxite mine, supplying ore to Alcoa’s Pinjarra and Kwinana alumina refineries. It was established in 1976 and is located east of North Dandalup, in Western Australia (WA). The Challenge Alcoa was looking for a solution to clean their workshops. They needed a new system that would enable them to minimise labour and have technology available, that would 100% eliminate the build up of dust and debris in their workshop. They had for some years, used a budget manual sweeper, but this system was inadequate for their needs. They asked ASC’s

Posted on Sunday, June 11, 2023

Sila Australia Time Saving Facility Sweeper

The Client Sila Australia is an advanced materials manufacturer that specialises in high temperature applications. The Challenge The company were looking to purchase a new sweeper to replace an old walk behind unit. On this occasion, they were looking to invest in a ride on sweeper. The idea was that using a ride on sweeper would reduce the time taken to sweep their facility. The machine would be used to clean their driveways and carpark areas, as well as dust concentrations from the production of cement-based products. The Result The company purchased an ASC Eureka M2 dust free sweeper, from

Posted on Thursday, April 6, 2023

Edge Drilling WA Maximises Labour Output

The Client Edge Drilling is based in Wangara, Perth. Their administration and workshop headquarters provide and supply drill rigs, service and support vehicles, throughout WA. The Challenge The company has a large facility and workshop in Wangara, that needs daily sweeping, to cope with the build-up of airborne dust. In addition to the workshop, there are in excess of 10 carparks, as well as a large, concreted holding area, where drill trucks and drilling equipment are stored. These areas also require sweeping. Prior to ASC’s Ross Sheehan’s consultation, the company’s employees were tasked with sweeping the facility, when time permitted.

Posted on Monday, April 3, 2023

Yancoal Australia Hunter Valley NSW Large Capacity Requirement

The Client Yancoal Australia Ltd operates out of Mount Thorley Warkworth (MTW). It is an integrated operation of two open cut mines, located adjacent to each other, 15 kilometres south-west of Singleton in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. They use a dragline truck and shovel method. Employees work in shifts to keep the mine operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. After being washed and prepared for sale, the coal is loaded onto trains for transportation, 90 kilometres to the Port Waratah Coal Terminal in Newcastle. This site is also swept by ASC sweepers. The

Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2023

DSI Underground WA

The Client DSI Underground is Australia’s largest manufacturer and supplier of specialist strata reinforcement and support products, to the underground coal and metalliferous mining sectors. The Challenge DSI’s Kewdale facility in Perth, recently contacted ASC for a solution to sweeping their facility clean. Tyre dust, metal shaving and off cuts were all daily problems for the company’s staff to manage. Prior to the engagement of ASC, the company was using a contract sweeping service a few times a week, to maintain its site. The process, over time, proved futile, as the site’s OH & S standards were not being maintained,

Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2023

Brennans Welding Wellington NSW

The Client Brennans Welding is a welding engineering shop, that has been catering to the mining industry since 1998. They specialise in underground mine VCD’s and equipment supply pods. Wellington, NSW, is 30 minutes from Dubbo. The Challenge Brennans Welding had previously purchased an ASC Eureka M2 for their Emerald Queensland site and required a sweeper for their NSW site. They had a similar situation to their QLD facility, with the build-up of dust causing disruptions to their production process. Too much labour was being diverted to sweeping, which was both inefficient and created dust clouds when manually sweeping. ASC’s

Posted on Monday, February 6, 2023

Thiess Hunter Valley

The Client Thiess mining operates in the field of open-cut and underground mining. They have substantial operations in the NSW Hunter Valley region, mining coal. The Challenge The Thiess group runs large scale maintenance workshops, that have painted, high gloss, epoxy floors. These floors require frequent cleaning, after their staff have serviced large caterpillar mining trucks, like the model Cat 798. The fact they these huge earthmovers are so large, means that large amounts of grease, oil and coal residue, spill over onto the floor, regularly. The floors need to be cleaned hourly, to pick up the residue, after a

Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Castle Mountain Zeolites Super Fine Dust Solution

The Client Castle Mountains Zeolites is based in Quirindi, 45 minutes from Tamworth. Over 300 million years old, Castle Mountain Zeolites (CMZ) is one of the oldest natural Zeolite mineral deposits in the world. Zeolite is a ‘marvellous mineral’ utilised for both its physical and chemical properties. Our Zeolite finds application for animals and birds, plants and soil, fish and aquatic creatures, water and air filtration and treatment, as well as for industry. The Challenge The company operates a small mine site, quarry, and manufacturing facility. Super fine dust powder is created, whilst crushing minerals used for plants and animal

Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2022

CS-Qube Mt Keith Mine Site’s Dusty Conditions

Client introduction: Qube Bulk is located in the remote mining town of Leinster, in the northern Goldfields of Western Australia. They have a contract with BHP, to assist with providing bulk and general handling facilities around the nickel mine. Qube Bulk operate a large range of heavy vehicles and have a larger service workshop, to ensure their fleet of machines and vehicles are able to cope with the harsh environment of the WA desert. The Challenge: Qube Bulk run a fleet of road trains and have a long workshop, nearly 100m long. A huge amount of dirt and debris gets

Posted on Saturday, October 1, 2022

Goonyella Riverside Mine BHP Mitsubishi Alliance QLD

The Client Goonyella Riverside Mine is a large mine site in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The mine is an open cut coal mine, located 30 kilometres north of Moranbah. Coal is exported on the Goonyella railway line to Hay Point, from where it’s sent to markets worldwide. The Goonyella Riverside mine is a part of BMA, the 50:50 joint venture between BHP and Mitsubishi Development. The Challenge The mine site required a sweeper that could sweep the site’s large roadways and workshop areas. The roadways had steep inclinations which were very dusty, with high concentrations of embedded coal dust and gravel.

Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2022

United Wambo Hunter Valley

The Client United Wambo is located 16 kilometres west of Singleton in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. The company is a 50:50 joint venture between United Collieries (Glencore and CFMMEU) and Wambo Coal (Peabody). The Challenge The group had a large stores / distribution area that is epoxy painted. Naturally, a lot of dust builds up in these areas, due to the nature and sheer volume of stock that rotates in this area. The company also had issues with external dust that blew in from the surrounding areas. United Wombo were looking for a low maintenance solution to sweep

Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Hitachi Welcomes The Cleaning Power Of The ASC M6

The Client Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia is a distributor of Hitachi excavators, wheel Loaders, rigid dump trucks and Bell articulated dump trucks based in Wacol, QLD The Challenge The challenge for the company, was to find a large ride-on sweeper to clean their busy concreted yard and workshop areas. Mining trucks can be very messy by leaving a lot of dirt and debris along their tracks and wheel arches, constantly requiring sweeping. The company had another brand of sweeper on this site that was not doing the job. The Solution. The proven mining sweeper model ASC Eureka M6 was chosen

Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2022

Arch Engineering Carbon & Blowing Dust Challenge

Client introduction Based in the southern industrial sector of Bibra Lake is Arch Engineering. They Specialize in steel fabrication for the Mining, Process, Oil and Gas industries. With customers like BHP, Rio Tinto and FMG, they are well known in the fabrication sector. The Challenge Arch Engineering is a sister company to HD Plasma, who have purchased several sweepers from ASC Area Manager Ross Sheehan in recent years. Site manager, Bradley South, had borrowed these sweepers on several occasions and decided as they were doing a clean-up that they needed to buy their own machines. They had a large open-air

Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Striker Crushing Maintenance & Workshop Facility

The Client Striker is an Australian owned mobile crushing, screening and conveying manufacture for use in the quarry, mining, construction and recycling industry. The Challenge The company had a need to sweep dust and dirt that come of their components after being returned to their site for maintenance. Fine red dust was scattered all through their maintenance and workshop facility. The Result The company purchased a ASC Eureka MEP dust free sweeper from Ross Sheehan, the ASC Perth based Branch Manager located at Wangara.

Posted on Saturday, April 9, 2022

Reiner Earthmoving WA Double ASC Machine Investment

The Client Reiner Earthmoving provides hire services to the construction and mining industry for high quality Earthmoving and Construction Equipment in Perth, Western Australia. The Challenge The company had built a new workshop facility in Perth suburb of Forrestdale. The group had commissioned local builders, Alita Constructions, who were using ASC sweepers while construction took place. Reiner were so impressed with the machines performance that they contacted ASC’s Ross Sheehan to supply them with both a sweeper and a scrubber. The Result Ross was given an order to supply one ASC Eureka Heavy Duty walk behind Floor Scrubber and a

Posted on Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Calderys Fine Dust Control Challenges

The Client The company is a global industry-leading provider of personalised refractory solutions. Calderys form precast concrete for mine sites to blow furnaces making them the rolls Royce of concrete mouldings. Based in Unanderra NSW they asked ASC’s Scott Campbell to address their dust issues The Challenge Calderys required a heavy-duty sweeper that could cope with sweeping very fine cement and mining dust. Their dust was talcum powder fine. They had purchased many other sweepers in the past only to discover that none of them worked in their facility. They needed the best dust control possible after failures with other

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2022

Boyne Smelter (Rio Tinto ) Invests Again

The Client Boyne Smelters (Rio Tinto) is located on Boyne Island, Queensland, Australia and activities include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten metal into aluminium products. The Challenge The challenge was to find a machine that could sweep the large external grounds of the site. Having already run an existing ASC Eureka M8 sweeper for the past 18 months the choice was made easy as the company was happy with the Eureka product and its performance. The choice Boyne Smelter had to make was a choice was to either

Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Simcoa Silicon Metal Company of Australia

Client introduction Simcoa is one of the largest and most modern operating silicon smelters in the world. It is the only silicon producing smelter in Australia, located at Kemerton, 160 km south of Perth, Western Australia. They are a long established West Australian company, producing silicon, microsilica, char fines, aggregates and dross. Silica is used in a vast number of everyday products like aluminium, silicones, Silicon chips, solar energy, and optical glass. The Challenge Simcoa operate a high energy, high heat smelter. There is a lot a slag and dust created in the process of creating silica products. The company

Posted on Sunday, October 31, 2021

South32 Dendrobium Mine Takes On The Mighty ASC M8

Client Introduction South32 Dendrobium Mine in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, is an existing underground mine, primarily producing metallurgical coal for steelmaking. They have been producing this high-quality metallurgical coal, for 85 years. This coal is shipped around Australia and across the world as well. South32 produce bauxite, alumina, aluminium, energy and metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, silver, lead and zinc in Australia, Southern Africa and South America. The Challenge As a major player in the global mining market, South32 understands the sensitivities of working with coal dust. The mine is located within the Sydney metropolitan area. Part of

Posted on Monday, September 27, 2021

WA Kaolin Conquers Its Dust & Dirt

Client Introduction WA Kaolin’s wholly-owned Wickepin Kaolin Project is located in the farming district of Wickepin. It is 3 hours Southeast of Perth in Western Australia. Rio Tinto originally owned it. This world-class resource at Wickepin is one of the largest known remaining premium primary resources of kaolin globally. Kaolin is used in various applications across numerous industries, including paper and plasterboard, ceramics, fibreglass, paints and coatings, plastics, rubber, pharmaceuticals and medicine, cosmetics, concrete construction materials and agriculture. The Challenge WA Kaolin is ramping up its site and are in the process of constructing “The Big Shed”, as the locals

Posted on Monday, September 6, 2021

Contract Power Reinvests with ASC New Machines

Client introduction: Contract Power has been working in the power generation industry for several decades across Australia and now around the world. The demand on power generation in remote mining locations and communities has led this growth. They are based in Kewdale (Perth) and are increasing their footprint by having built a new building to house their growth. The Challenge: The company had purchased many old ASC machines 8 to 10 years ago. Some of the fleet needed some TLC. The Perth based ASC Service technician was called to process the job at hand. The dawning of the new workshop

Posted on Friday, August 27, 2021

Alcoa Willowdale Upgrades With ASC

Client Introduction Alcoa Willowdale has been a client of ASC for many years now and has many ASC machines in various workshops and store locations within their Wager up mining program. The Challenge The stores at Willowdale had been using standard push sweepers for many years and now needed to replace them after using them for many years effectively. Dean (Manager) wanted to upgrade these old machines with superior dust control. He was looking for a compact machine that could also fit between the racking and shelves that have been in place for decades. The Solution WA Area Manager arranged

Posted on Monday, August 16, 2021

Austral Technologies WA Cleans Up With ASC

Client Introduction Austral Technologies is based in Forrest field Perth. A major mining company contacted them back in the 1990s to develop a unique process for extending the life of their High-Pressure Roll Crushers. Consequently, Austral Technologies created new processes to increase the thicknesses of the components and have successfully become one of the leading surface engineering company in the Southern Hemisphere. The Challenge The workshop floor is a worn-out cemented one. This floor collects the forklift rubber tyre dust as well as the metal and welding dust. This was becoming a challenge for the workshop manager, Ross, to handle

Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2021

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Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Tutt Bryant Karratha WA

Client Introduction Tutt Bryant has been providing construction equipment for the mining industry since 1938. Tutt Bryant Heavy Lift and Shift is based in the mining Mecca of Karratha, Western Australia, and in the expanding industrial area of Gap Ridge. The Challenge Tutt Bryant completed their new workshop building in Gap Ridge. They were looking for a reliable and sturdy sweeper to keep their famous Pilbara red dust under control. For that matter, Gary Milne made an online inquiry after researching sweeping machines on the ASC website as several customers in the Karratha region are already using the ASC Eureka

Posted on Saturday, April 3, 2021

Tegra Cleans Up With a ASC M3

Tegra Australia is a quarry and concrete business serving the southern regions of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory. They manufacture, supply and deliver quality aggregates, river pebbles, river stones, sands, soils, as well as pre mixed concrete including decorative concrete & high performance mix designs. The Challenge The company recently took ownership of a large 7000 sq metre workshop facility in Cootamundra, NSW. The workshop will service their fleet of tipper trucks and earthmoving equipment. The facility gets quite dusty due to the sheer volume of dust that enters into the workshop through the open doors and mobile

Posted on Thursday, April 1, 2021

Stiles Electrical Services Perth WA

Client introduction Stiles Electrical Services provide a broad range of commercial, industrial, and mining electrical services to clients within the public and private sector. The Challenge Lauren (Manager at Stiles Electrical) made an online enquiry through the ASC webpage. (www.sweeper.com.au) WA Area Manager Ross Sheehan contacted Lauren to find out what was required. Like many WA businesses Stiles Electrical were expanding and were moving into a larger warehouse which meant they needed a sweeper to keep it clean. They house many large vehicles and heavy equipment that carries dirt and debris back into the warehouse at the end of each

Posted on Monday, February 15, 2021

AC Hargreaves QLD Powered Taken Over By Manual

Client Introduction AC Hargreaves Pty Ltd is based in Seventeen Mile Rocks QLD. They are a family-owned company that specialises in the supply and repair of Electric Motors, Pumps, and Transformers. The Challenge Michael Urban, the Divisional Manager of the Group, was looking for an option to replace their battery-powered walk-behind machine that blew a lot of dust. Dust retention was his biggest concern. The Solution Rafael demonstrated the ASC MEP sweeper for Michael, who was surprised with the performance of the ASC MEP push sweeper. It worked flawlessly even without the batteries. An order was placed to ASC’s Rafael

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2021

Advanced Engineering Invest In a ASC MEP

Client Introduction Advanced Engineering Group is a locally owned manufacturer & supplier of screen media to the quarry & mining industry in Australia & New Zealand. The Challenge Dave Hastie (Owner/Director) of the Advanced Engineering Group came over to the ASC Yatala Queensland premises looking for an efficient floor-sweeping solution for his brand new warehouse. There were many model options to choose from at the ASC Qld warehouse. Dave was recommended the ASC Eureka MEP sweeper as it was perfectly suited to sweep his manufacturing area and very efficient at picking up metal shavings, nails, and tyre dust left by

Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2021

Doral Fused Materials WA

Client Introduction Doral Fused Materials is an integrated zirconia producer based in the Industrial port city of Rockingham, Western Australia. They have downstream processing operations that transform zircon sand to high-value zirconia products used in ceramics, colours. The Challenge Doral’s General Manager, Brad Snow, had previously purchased an ASC Eureka MEP push sweeper with dust control for one of the production areas. They were very satisfied with Eureka’s performance, so Brad asked ASC’s Ross Sheehan to supply a couple more ASC MEP push sweepers to help clean his production facility. The Result Order for two more ASC Eureka MEP was

Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2021

AAT Port Kembla Sweeps up with new ASC M6

Client Introduction Australian Amalgamated Terminals Pty. Ltd. (AAT) operates terminals with facilities for importing and exporting motor vehicles and general cargo at its various facilities. They offer facilities and access to stevedores holding licenses for its terminals. They also provide approved Australian customs systems and procedures for stevedores and their contracted shipping lines and information technology for cargo loading. Recently, they invested in a new ASC Eureka M6 Diesel sweeper to keep their Port Kembla facility in NSW clean. The Challenge Cleaning as well as maintaining a port is a tough job as ships are loaded and unloaded 24/7. Roadways

Posted on Sunday, December 20, 2020

MMM WA Pty Ltd

Client Introduction MMM WA P/L is a local Perth Civil and Earthmoving company with a great reputation in providing high-quality work for the private and government sectors. The Challenge MMM added a storehouse to their properties due to their ever-increasing fleet of machines. Bobcats and excavators were being moved in, and out of the shed, so constant dirt and debris were a constant problem on the shed floor. Debbie from MMM contacted WA ASC Area Manager Ross Sheehan to solve this dust challenge. The Solution Ross took the opportunity to demonstrate the Eureka MEP push sweeper to find out if

Posted on Monday, December 7, 2020

Nyrstar’s Major Win – client’s solution

Nyrstar & TLAP recently placed an order with ASC in what is believed to be the Australia’s largest single industrial order for sweeping machines. The order included 4 large Capacity Lead specific Street Sweepers, 2 petrol driven footpath sweepers as well as 2 pedestrian sweepers to be used around the Port Pirie School areas. The new ASC fleet replaced street suction machines that were used previously on both sites with limited success. The new fleet was rolled out in late October and will serve both the Hobart (Tasmania)and Port Pirie (South Australia) locations in a drive to reduce laden lead

Posted on Monday, October 26, 2020

Briteforce client solution Perth WA

Client Introduction Briteforce is a well-known WA company known for its design, engineering, and manufacturing of a large range of LED lighting towers. These towers are used in many different fields, such as mining, oil and gas, and the construction industries, as they are required to keep their worksite illuminated during the night. The Challenge Vernon from Briteforce came to know about ASC’s WA Manager Ross Sheehan through a brochure and business card left for him. Previously, they were using brooms instead of sweeping machines, which tended to become a very messy as well as the labor-intensive process. Vernon liked

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2020

ASC Delivers to Nyrstar Hobart

Client Introduction Nyrstar Hobart operates a zinc smelter based in Hobart, Tasmania. They contribute a lot to the economy of Tasmania by employing more than 600 people. Their plant has been operating for more than 100 years, and it occupies a large land in the Heart of beautiful Hobart. The Problem Nyrstarwent to the market to find a solution to their dust emission issue on their roadways and surrounding plant areas. They enquired many global suppliers regarding their problem. ASC was also asked to visit their site and suggest an appropriate solution with the best possible dust suppression technology after

Posted on Friday, September 25, 2020

ASC Delivers Again to Mt Isa Mines Qld ASC Dulevo 6000

Mount Isa Mines is one of Queensland’s largest employers. Based in Outback North Queensland, the company extracts copper, lead, zinc and silver from the Mount Isa mine. They recently invested in another Dulevo 6000 sweeper to add to their fleet of ASC machines Road Sweeping Machines. They have been using the ASC machines are used to sweep the roads for up to 16 hours per day, 6 days per week. The mine runs 24 hours per day. The machines operate in daylight hours over two shifts per day. Dust was a major issue on this site, and hence the ASC

Posted on Sunday, July 12, 2020

Alcoa invests with ASC again!

Introduction Alcoa Willowdale is a mine site located towards the south of the Waroona rural town. This site has been producing bauxite since 1984 for the Wagerup Alumina Refinery that is located nearby. The Willowdale and Huntley site produces approximately 45% of Australia’s total Alumina and 19% of Australia’s total aluminum from the bauxite ore. Alcoa Willowdale has 240 people working for it and has a large workshop maintenance area that manages the water carts, light vehicles, and dump trucks required during the mining operations. A bushfire in 2016 caused huge damage to Willowdale when it came to its assets

Posted on Sunday, June 28, 2020

ASC M1 Joins National Plastics & Rubber

Introduction National Plastics & Rubber is a Brisbane-based company in Sumner (QLD). They manufacture polyurethane, industrial plastic, and rubber products for the international mining industry. The Challenge National Plastics & Rubber required a machine that would not only eliminate their problem of black dust but also remove the scraps of rubber from their manufacturing area. They needed a compact machine that could reach all the nooks and corners. They also needed this machine to be battery-powered to be able to cover a large area. The Solution ASC’s Rafael Rodrigues was contacted to provide them with a smart solution for these

Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2020

Expressway Spares Wauchope NSW invest with ASC Again

Expressway Spares have been in the earthmoving and mining industry spare parts business for over five decades. Their head office in Wauchope (NSW) is centrally located between Sydney and Brisbane. The facility incorporates over 20,000 square metres of covered storage and workspace over the 9-hectare footprint. The company is a big employer in the area employing more than 190 people in this facility alone. The Challenge: The company has a very large complex to maintain. The site encompasses several workshops, paint sheds, welding and fabrication shops, wash bays, machine shops and a large sandblast shed. Maintaining and refurbishing large machinery

Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2020

Alinta Loy Yang B power station (Vic)

Loy Yang B Power Station is located in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, 160km east of Melbourne. The 1,100-megawatt plant is Victoria’s newest and most efficient coal-fired power station, providing about 17% of the state’s energy needs. Alinta Loy Yang B Power Station recently asked ASC’s Ken Pepyat to demonstrate a sweeper capable of sweeping up coal dust. The Problem: The power company had a huge coal dust problem on their mezzanine floors. They had previously purchased a warehouse sweeper from another company that didn’t perform. It blew dust everywhere and within minutes the dust filtration system blocked. Knowing they had a

Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2020

Alcoa Willowdale take delivery of new ASC Dulevo 120 Diesel sweeper

Alcoa Willowdale is a mine site located towards the south of the Waroona rural town. This site has been producing bauxite since 1984 for the Wagerup Alumina Refinery that is located nearby. The Willowdale and Huntley site produces approximately 45% of Australia’s total Alumina and 19% of Australia’s total aluminum from the bauxite ore. The Challenge Alcoa Willowdale has 240 people working for it and has a large workshop maintenance area that manages the water carts, light vehicles, and dump trucks required during the mining operations. Previously, they were using an old Dulevo 90- series sweeping machine that they had

Posted on Sunday, December 8, 2019

Bridgestone (WA) invests in a Heavy Duty ASC M6 sweeper

Client introduction Bridgestone Mining Solutions (Pilbara Region) contacted ASC’s Western Australian office, as they required a reliable sweeper solution for their large Port Hedland warehouse. They use huge earthmoving, Off-road, loader/dozer, grader, and other industrial tyres for stocking their mining products in their warehouse. The Challenge Bridgestone’s new Port Hedland warehouse was completed in 2017. The warehouse area is approximately 5500 m2with a 2000 m2 apron area. The heavy traffic required the warehouse to be cleaned daily, and their staff used large brooms for keeping it clean. However, the dust for a challenge for them, and they needed to get

Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2019

Cronos Steel Gets An ASC MEP To Clear Out The Facility

The Challenge Cronos Steel provides Plasma and Oxy cutting services to the construction, mining, engineering and transport industries. Being a small and busy manufacturing facility produces a significant amount of steel dust. The Solution ASC Raf Rodrigues visited the site recently and advised management on a solution for this problem and particular application. The decision was made to invest in a ASC MEP manual sweeper with non-powered vacuumized dust control. The Result The ASC MEP managed to clean the thick dust effortlessly and maintain the site with an amazing appearance, making it more presentable for Cronos Steel costumers.

Posted on Friday, August 2, 2019

ASC Floor Scrubber Cleans Heavy Duty In SMH Equipment’s Facility

SMH has a large overhaul workshop facility servicing heavy mining machinery in a state of the art workshop in Queensland’s Mount Isa region. The Challenge. SMH Equipment (Mount Isa, Queensland) has a large workshop facility. With up to 8 large mobile pieces of plant in the workshop at any time, the floors can get very dirty as mud and debris falls of the wheels and tracks. Oil, grease and fuel filters are used to service the heavy machinery. In the process of servicing the large Caterpillars and Volvos etc. oil, grease and diesel fuel spills on the floor. This needs

Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019

ASC MEP Sweeps The Com-AI Windows & Glass’ Facility Clean In First Go

Com-Al Windows and Glass, Maddington WA is a Perth (Western Australia) business that was established way back in 1970. They are a supplier of aluminium windows for temporary housing in Australian mining towns and employ over 70 people. The company inquired ASC about getting a floor scrubber as they previously hired one to clean the floor twice a year. ASC Ross Sheehan was consulted to look at their cleaning issues and quickly diagnosed that the real issue was to sweep the floor free of dust, glass and aluminium flecks. Their floor space is littered with mobile benches and machines which

Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Expressway Spares Chooses ASC With Best In Class Maneuverability, Ease Of Repair & Build Quality

Expressway Spares is a major supplier of spare parts to the Earthmoving Industry. Established over 50 years with multiple locations across Australia, Expressway spares investigated the possibility of investing in a walk behind floor scrubber for their Western Australian facility based in South Guildford. They run a compact mobile workshop that gets dirty very quickly with grease, dust and oil. As heavy equipment parts and machinery experts, they researched the market and after many demonstrations came to the result that the best and most reliable machine was the ASC Eureka E 51 heavy-duty scrubber. Manoeuvrability, ease of repair & machine

Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Ex-Fleet Mach 3 Sweeper Keeps The Highway Tractor Spares’ Huge Facility Dust Free

Highway Tractor Spares (Dandenong) recently purchased a ASC ex Fleet ASC Mach 3sweeper for their Dandenong facility. The machines is used to sweep the huge yard apron as well as the warehouse and parts area. The purchase of the ASC Mach 3 has meant that the facility can be kept clean year round and eliminates the issue of airborne dust. Highway Tractor Spares (HTS) specialises in the sale & dismantling of heavy construction equipment, as well as the sale of high quality aftermarket Volvo replacement parts. It is a large facility that took advantage of investing in a pre-loved ASC

Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Mount Isa Mines Adhere To Strict EPA Rules & Keep Employees Safe With ASC Sweeper

Mount Isa Mines Limited (“MIM”) operates the Mount Isa copper, lead, zinc, and silver mines near Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, as part of the Glencore group. They operate two separate mining and processing streams, copper and zinc, to deliver natural resources that have enduring roles in society. MIM has the largest zinc resource base and the biggest underground network of mines in the world, which provide work for more than 3,200 employees and contractors. Recently Mount Isa Mines invested in another D6000 sweeper. It is used to sweep the huge array of roadways and keep the lead and copper dust

Posted on Thursday, December 6, 2018

Rio Tinto Bell bay Invested in ASC Sweeper to Keep Their Surrounding Areas Clean & Workers Free From Dust

Bell Bay Aluminum is one of Australia’s largest producers of Aluminum. The Bell Bay site is 45 kilometers from the city of Launceston, Tasmania. The smelter produces around 180,000 tonnes of aluminium each year and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Its main metal products are ingot, rolling block and T-bar. Recently they invested in a ASC Dulevo 3000 sweeper to keep their pot rooms and surrounding areas clean and free from dust. The machine is used in sweep very dusty floors and the decision to purchase the machine was based the ASC’s Dulevo 3000’s ability to

Posted on Friday, November 23, 2018

Rio Tinto Weipa (Qld) Invested In ASC Dulevo 3000 Sweeper For Their New $1.9 Billion Dollar Amrun Project

Rio Tinto Weipa (Qld) recently invested in an ASC Dulevo 3000 sweeper for their new $1.9 billion dollar Amrun project. The new sweeper will primarily be used for sweeping their wharf area in order to minimize any bauxite falling into the ocean. Recently we commissioned the new ASC Dulevo 3000 sweeper to their maintenance staff and numerous on-site operators. Bauxite from Weipa is shipped to international customers but the majority of Weipa bauxite is supplied to the Queensland Alumina Limited and Yarwun refineries, both located in Gladstone, Queensland. These refineries produce alumina as feedstock for Australian aluminium smelting operations and for

Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2018

Sell & Parker Metal Recycling Services Adds a New ASC Sweeper Strengthening Their 20 Year Old Association With ASC

Trading since 1966, Sell & Parker Metal Recycling Services is an Australian owned and operated private company. They are buyers and sellers of all grades and all quantities of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metals. The company has over 200 employees and physical assets in excess of $120 million, including yards at Blacktown, Banksmeadow, Ingleburn, Coffs Harbour, Nowra and Newcastle. They have over 8 facilities across Australia; Port Hedland in Western Australia, Darwin in the Northern Territory, plus six yards across NSW including 3 in the Sydney Basin. A drive around their yards would take you on a journey of around 11,500 km and

Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2018

The George Fisher Mine Keeps Its Maintenance Workshop Clean With ASC 110 Scrubber

The George Fisher mine is one of the largest zinc, lead & silver mines in Australia and in the world. The mine is located 20 km north of Mount Isa in North West Queensland. The mine has estimated reserves of 150.4 million oz of silver. The mine was discovered way back in 1947 and originally named Hamilton. It was later to become known as the George Fisher Mine when it was acquired by global mining company Xstrata now part of the giant Glencore Xstrata mining company. Running an underground mine requires a lot of specialized machinery and expert personnel to

Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2018

ASC Sweeper Proved to Be 12 Times More Efficient for EDI Then Manual Cleaning

EDI was formed in 2008, with the sole aim of providing quality Earthmoving equipment for sale throughout Australia and the world. They recently moved to a purpose built facility at Yatala in Queensland. Yatala is strategically located between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, approximately 30 minutes from the Port of Brisbane and 30 minutes from the Gold Coast. EDI currently stock Caterpillar, Komatsu, Volvo and Hitachi Earth moving equipment, along with selected new and used parts. They also provide ongoing maintenance of all types of equipment and can provide assistance in civil construction or mining sectors. EDI invested in an ASC

Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2018

PWCS Has Been Using the ASC Dulevo 5000 Sweeper for 5 Years

PWCS Port Waratah Coal Services is Australia’s largest coal loading facility based in Newcastle, NSW. PWCS invested in an ASC Dulevo 5000 sweeper 5 years ago. Pictured is PWCS Manager, Mr. Glenn Parsons inspecting his ASC 5000 sweeper while it is being repaired in ASC’s new multimillion purpose-built maintenance facility located in the Sydney suburb of Rouse Hill. The Dulevo 5000 sweeps the entire port, which is known as the Carrington Terminal. The Carrington Terminal procures all its coal from NSW Hunter Valley. The coal in this area is known for its clean qualities. The ASC 5000 was purchased to

Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2018

How ASC Has Saved 90% of Cleaning Time and Tons of Water for Ernest Henry Mining?

Ernest Henry Mining is a very large mining operation located in the town of Cloncurry in Queensland, Australia. They are part of the Glencore Group, which is a significant player in Australia’s mining industry. The work site extracts gold and copper from open cut and underground mines. It is a massive operating group that procures equipment on the basis of prioritizing quality. They opted to buy the ASC Eureka E 110-R scrubber/sweeper as it has a high rate of productivity and is very easy to use and service. They elected to purchase the scrubber/sweeper model so that they could use

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