Dust and washdown
Mills and terminals are cleaned with water and compressed air. IP68 sealing and the rugged build are meant to survive both, but washing routines should be agreed with the site.
Brazil · Mining, terminals & biofuels
Explosion proof mobile phone for mining, terminals and biofuels in Brazil
An explosion proof mobile phone for mining, terminals and biofuels in Brazil covers three industries with very different hazards. Vale's mines and ports, bulk liquid terminals such as Ultracargo's, and the sugar and ethanol mills run by companies such as Raízen are inland and coastal bulk-materials sites where dust and vapour hazards sit side by side. This page is for the HSE and operations teams who set what a person may carry into those areas. The IS-04Z1 is designed around intrinsic safety rather than a flameproof enclosure.
Launching Q4 2026 · IECEx dust and gas-rating programme in progress
Local approvalINMETRO · Portaria 115/2022Zone 1 / Zone 21 · certification in progress
AvailabilityQ4 2026via authorised distributors
The sites · Mining, terminals and biofuels
Explosion proof mobile phone use in Brazilian mining, tank terminals and mills
These three sectors share a feature that oil and gas sites do not: the main hazard is often not gas. Mining and port handling carry fuel and coal dust but, for iron ore itself, little combustible dust. Tank terminals handle flammable liquids, and their classified areas are tank roofs, pump bays and loading arms. Sugar and ethanol mills combine combustible dust with ethanol vapour. For the largest operators there are separate pages on explosion proof phone for Vale and explosion proof phone for Raízen.
Operators and sites
- Vale
- Iron ore mines, pellet plants, railways and ports, including Carajás, Tubarão and Ponta da Madeira.
- Ultracargo
- Bulk liquid tank farms at Santos, Suape, Aratu and Itaqui.
- Raízen
- Sugar and ethanol mills, mostly in São Paulo state and Mato Grosso do Sul.
- Other sugar and ethanol producers
- Mills across the Centre-South and Northeast harvest regions.
- Port of Santos
- Brazil's busiest port, with liquid and dry bulk terminals.
- Suape and Aratu
- Industrial ports with liquid terminals serving the Northeast.
- Itaqui, São Luís
- Port on the northern coast handling bulk liquids and grain.
Hazards by sector
- Tank roofs and pump bays
- Flammable vapour at vents and seals, where Zone 1 or 2 applies.
- Loading arms and jetties
- Vapour while ships and trucks load.
- Coal, fuel and solid fuel stockyards
- Combustible dust at mining and pelletising sites.
- Iron ore handling
- Generally not a combustible dust; fuels and workshops are the classified areas.
- Sugar and bagasse
- Combustible dust and fibre in dryers, conveyors and boiler feed.
- Ethanol distillation and storage
- Flammable vapour in columns, tanks and loading.
- Grain and other agribulks
- Combustible dust at export terminals, where the port handles them.
Built for local conditions
What bulk sites do to a handset
Dust, washdown, long distances and shifting contractor crews are the common conditions. The classification of each area still decides what can be carried.
IP ratingIP68
Battery4,000 mAh
Camera50 MP
OSAndroid 16
Gas and dust in the same site
An ethanol mill has Zone 1 gas in the distillery and Zone 21 dust in the sugar plant. The IS-04Z1 design target covers both, so one device can be issued for the whole round.
Seasonal peaks in the safra
Sugar and ethanol mills run hardest during the harvest and are overhauled between harvests. Enrolment in an MDM console makes seasonal issue and recovery manageable.
Long distances and few specialists
Mines, ports and mills can be far from head office. Four-constellation GNSS records the position of a defect, and remote management through Android Enterprise avoids a site visit for updates.
Portuguese records
Training and inspection records under NR-20, NR-10 and, for mining, NR-22 are expected in the working language. The interface runs in Brazilian Portuguese.
Use cases · Mining, terminals and biofuels
Where the IS-04Z1 goes to work in bulk industries.
Terminals01
Tank farm rounds at a liquid terminal
An operator checks tank levels, pump bays and manifolds, photographs a leak and sends it to the control room. Vapour is present at vents, so the handset has to be suitable for the zone.
Biofuels02
Distillery and boiler house at a mill
A round passes ethanol columns, a boiler house and a bagasse conveyor. One device for gas and dust avoids swapping handsets at the boundary.
Mining03
Pellet plant and fuel depot inspection
At a pelletising plant or fuel depot, an inspector logs defects with a photograph and a location, and reports to maintenance without leaving the area.
Questions · Mining, terminals and biofuels
Frequently asked questions
Is the IS-04Z1 certified for use in these industries yet?
No. The device is pre-launch, and IECEx, ATEX and the Brazilian INMETRO certification are in progress ahead of the Q4 2026 launch.
Does one device cover iron ore dust and ethanol vapour?
The design target is Zone 1 gas and Zone 21 dust. Iron ore itself is not usually a combustible dust, so the classified areas at a mine are typically fuel, coal and process plant. Each site decides its own classification.
What changes between a tank terminal and a mill?
A terminal is mainly vapour, with its main risk at tank vents and loading arms. A mill adds dust and fibre. The evidence an operator asks for follows from that.
Is Ultracargo covered by this page?
Ultracargo is named here as an operator of tank farms. Any evaluation would be a direct conversation with its own HSE and procurement teams.
Enquiry · Mining, terminals & biofuels
Ask about the IS-04Z1 for Mining, terminals & biofuels, Brazil
Tell us the site, the zone and gas group, and roughly how many handsets. The SAMS team replies by email with the datasheet and the certification schedule for Brazil. The IS-04Z1 is pre-launch and certification is in progress, so there is no list price yet; indicative pricing is issued in writing against a stated quantity and site.
Enquiry · Mining, terminals & biofuels
Launching Q4 2026
Evaluating the IS-04Z1 for this site?
Tell us the zone, gas group and operator. We will send the datasheet and the certification schedule for your market.