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SKM Minmetal (together with JRI) completed the Detailed Engineering works of this US$300 million project which consisted of enlarging the mining and smelting capacity of the deposit belonging to Codelco-Chile’s Andina Division, from 32,000 to 65,000 rated TPD.
The enlargement includes the following main installations which work with the existing facilities:
- Underground Primary Crushing Plant
- Underground Crushed Ore Transportation System
- Underground Silo for stockpiling crushed ore
- Underground Semi-Autonomous Grinding Plant
- Underground Pebble Crushing Plant
- Underground Collective Flotation Plant
- Reconditioning the existing concentrate and tailings thickeners
- Enlarging the existing Lime Plant
- New reagent storage, preparation and distribution plant
- Concentrate transportation system
- Selective Flotation Plant
- Handling Copper Concentrate
- Miscellaneous works in the Surface Plant
- Water System - Infrastructure facilities