April, 2006

(Johnson City, Tenn.) – PICOR, an industry leader in bulk material handling and mineral processing, announced this week that PICOR received the order to design, furnish and install a new 8,000 tons per hour (TPH) precision train loading system, including an 8,500 TPH conveyor for Kennecott Energy Company at their Spring Creek Mine in Decker, Montana.

“We are excited to be selected by Kennecott Energy Company for this project, and excited to continue a long-standing relationships with them,” said PICOR President Tony Walker.  “Their company continually looks to improve their facilities with “state of the art” for which they have won awards for their safety, quality and environmental friendliness.  We are proud to be associated with their company.  It is our goal to continually enable our customers to reach their strategic goals by designing and constructing customized material handling and precision loading systems to fit their individual needs.”

The new PICOR precision train loading system will replace a 5,000 TPH volumetric loading system.  Since 1995, PICOR has designed, built, and installed six precision loading systems for Kennecott Energy Company at various locations including the company’s Cordero Rojo site.

“PICOR was our provider of choice due to their extensive experience and cost effective solution,” Clayton Walker, Spring Creek Mine Manager said. “We plan to have the system up and running by the end of August.”

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July, 2005

PICOR, an industry leader in bulk material handling and mineral processing, revealed its new company website, http://www.picor.biz this week. The new site was developed in order to provide support to existing customers and to raise awareness in new emerging market segments.

The site shows existing gates and chutes that have been built in addition to innovative precision and volumetric loading systems. Prospective clients can review product specifications, images and read about the success of PICOR products on work sites around the world. Case study examples reveal how PICOR products have helped companies more efficiently handle bulk materials and minerals of all types.

"Our new site enables us to meet the needs of a growing global market," said PICOR Marketing Manager Chuck Walton. "We want the world to know about our abilities and our innovative products with superior quality characteristics. Whether companies are searching for the latest technology available in bulk materials handling, blending and measurement or are looking for someone to custom design a system, our company is able to meet their needs."

Existing customers visiting the website will have the ability to log into a secure area and view work that is underway on specific job sites. Updates, notes, photos and comments will also be accessible.

"Our goal was to add value to our clients by creating a web site that enabled them to monitor progress on their jobs and read about updates. We have numerous international clients. Flow of information and communications can be a potential hurdle for customers because of time differences. Our site enables them to interact and communicate from anywhere in the world with web access," explained Walton.

PICOR’s new site can be viewed in either English or German. The company plans to add Ukrainian, Russian Spanish and Portuguese language options to the site in the future because of growing global demand.

Streaming video of the commissioning of PICOR’s Cordero project can also be downloaded and viewed. Detailed animation also demonstrates the patented Precision Loading Systems, PLS™ designed by PICOR. New and existing clients can even find corporate contacts business cards with email links on the new site.

"We are excited about the launch of the new site. We designed it with customer service on the forefront. We wanted our site to perform as well as our products and add value to our clients," said Walton.

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May, 2004

PICOR's Precision Unit-Train Loading System at the Kennecott Energy Cordero Rojo Complex is featured in the May 2004 issue of Coal Age Magazine. Click here to view the article in PDF format.

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November, 2000

Kennecott Energy's Cordero Rojo Complex (third largest coal mine in the United States) begins replacing their existing loading system at the Caballo Rojo silos, utilizing the technology of Patented PICOR Precision Loading Systems. The four Cordero silos utilized this technology when PICOR's Patented Precision Loading Systems was installed in 1997.

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May, 2000

Project complete at Andalex Resources' West-Ridge Mine near Price, Utah. PICOR was involved in this project from its inception. Services PICOR supplied were project specification authoring, bid preparation and evaluation, facility design-engineering, project schedule authoring, and material procurement.

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