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    BULK2026 bulk handling focus: conveyor reliability and dust control insights for mines

    December 21, 2025|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    BULK2026 bulk handling focus: conveyor reliability and dust control insights for mines

    First reported on Australian Mining

    30 Second Briefing

    BULK2026 in Melbourne will convene bulk handling operators, OEMs and engineers to tackle chronic issues such as conveyor belt mistracking, spillage at transfer points and dust control on high‑throughput shiploaders and stacker‑reclaimers. Technical sessions will focus on optimising long overland conveyors, improving chute design using DEM modelling, and upgrading ageing idler and pulley systems to cut unplanned downtime. For mine operators, the event signals growing emphasis on condition monitoring, smarter wear‑liner materials and retrofittable upgrades rather than full conveyor replacements.

    Technical Brief

    • Outcomes are likely to influence update cycles for site conveyor safety standards and operator training programmes across mining.

    Our Take

    Within the 410 Mining stories in our database, Australia-based coverage tagged to both ‘Product’ and ‘Safety’ often centres on bulk materials handling, signalling that OEMs see this as a primary channel for rolling out dust, spillage and guarding solutions to miners.

    Prime Creative Media’s Australian Mining platform frequently links bulk handling content to ‘Projects’ tags, which suggests that new conveyor or transfer point technologies showcased at BULK2026 are likely to be picked up early in project design rather than retrofitted late in the asset life.

    Safety-tagged bulk handling pieces in our coverage increasingly reference automation and remote monitoring in Australian operations, implying that products highlighted at BULK2026 which integrate condition monitoring or remote isolation will align best with current operator priorities.

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    Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.

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