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Normal operations resume at Phu Kham
PanAust is pleased to announce that normal operations resumed last night at the Phu Kham
Copper�]Gold Operation in Laos following the shutdown caused by a SAG mill motor failure
on 19 June.
By way of background, the process plant grinding circuit comprises a SAG mill and a ball mill
with each mill being driven by two identical 6.5MW motors. Ordinarily, a fifth motor is
carried in the Operation�fs store as a spare. The failure of the SAG mill motor followed a
failure in March of one of the ball mill motors, which was replaced by the spare motor.
Downtime has been limited to 11 days because compatibility of serviceable components
from the two failed motors enabled one of the motors to be repaired so that the Operation
now has a complement of four serviceable motors. The causes of the two failures (one a
rotor and one a stator) have been identified and appropriate corrective measures
implemented. The Company is assessing a number of options to ensure that it can have
ready access to a spare motor in the shortest possible time�]frame.
A seven�]day shutdown for a SAG mill reline was brought forward from July resulting in only a
nett four days of unscheduled downtime. The next major shutdown for a ball mill reline is
planned for January 2010.
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