Escondida Mine Concentrator Water Supply

Water Supply One of the key issues going into the Phase IV development was securing the water supply to meet Escondida ’s 1900 litre per second requirement post Phase IV. Use of ground water is the principal environmental and political issue at Escondida and other mining operations in Northern Chile. Two complete environmental

Jul 26, 2013 The project will see the construction of a 2500 litre per second plant at the mine, which will ensure a sustainable supply of water for the 152 000 tonne per day OGP1 copper concentrator

Jan 25, 2017 The mega desalination plant project kicked off in 2013, with a view to increasing water supply at Escondida copper mine to support future expansion, including installation of a new copper concentrator. BHP recorded $3.43 billion of capital expenditure on the desalination plant in the six months to 31 December 2016, saying that the project had

The Escondida mine is located 105 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Antofagasta in northern Chile and represented 9 percent of the global copper market at the time of the project. Aiming to increase ore processing capacity, our customer developed the Escondida Phase IV project. Bechtel provided engineering, procurement, and construction

The Escondida porphyry copper deposit, located in northern Chile, was one of the two largest copper producers of the world in the 1990s. The hydrothermal evolution of this deposit is associated with the emplacement of a late Eocene- Oligocene quartz monzonitic to granodioritic intrusive stock complex composed of at least three intrusive phases and hosted by Paleocene andesite

Mar 30, 2014 consumption have been adopted are the application of desalination at BHP’s Escondida mine [Brantes & Olivares, 2008] and the direct use of sea water at Antofagasta’s Esperanza mine [ICMM, 2012]. In both of these cases, the mine/concentrator are located in

Jul 04, 2016 Los Colorados was the first concentrator built at Escondida in 1990, but has been effectively shut down because it was sitting on a valuable ore body BHP wanted to mine

May 26, 2021 Escondida is the world’s largest copper mine. The 205 workers run the global resources company’s Integrated Operations Center, which manages pits as well as cathode and concentrator

Marcelino performed the Specialist Mechanical Engineer role in the Engineering area of the Escondida Water Supply Project in its Execution phase. He was responsible for the mechanical discipline managing the purchases of materials related to marine works, pre-treatment, reagents and reverse osmosis

Dec 16, 2020 SGO was developed and designed from the start with this imperative, drawing on the experience of Minera Escondida, which constructed its Organic Growth Project (OGP1), comprising a new concentrator plant, and its Escondida Water Supply (EWS) project, involving a 2,500 litre per second desalination plant to cover increased processing

Responsible of water supply operations for Escondida Mine (Open pit copper mine located at the Atacama Desert in north of Chile). Managing water supply and water treatment facilities to support 450 Ktpd of total throughput. Leader of a 20 people team (Company employees and contractors)

Jul 28, 2013 The plant will bring down the mine’s reliance on domestic aquifers, and also address the likely rise in water usage when the 152,000t a day OGP1 copper concentrator goes on stream. BHP Billiton president Peter Beaven said that securing a sustainable water supply is a major priority for all Chilean copper producers in the Atacama Desert

Jul 26, 2013 The project will provide a sustainable supply of water for the new 152,000 t/d OGP1 copper concentrator approved in February 2012, while minimising Escondida’s reliance on the region’s aquifers. Construction will commence in July 2013 with commissioning scheduled in 2017

Aug 09, 2019 Following the completion of the EWSE project, Escondida has eliminated water drawdown from aquifers for operational supply 10 years ahead of its FY2030 target. The Centre of Integrated Operations (CIO) was inaugurated in July 2019 in BHP’s Santiago office and has since provided remote control services to the mine and process areas of Escondida and Spence

BHP Billiton today approved an investment of US$1,972 million (BHP Billiton share) to sustain operations at Escondida in Chile, by constructing a new 2,500 litre per second sea-water desalination facility. The project will ensure continued water supply to Escondida, as water use increases upon completion of the 152,000 tonne per day OGP1 copper concentrator

Delivering a reliable, sustainable water supply. Mining companies in Chile are doing their best to protect the environment and develop more sustainable production methods. By aiming to protect local aquifers from depletion and support continuous copper production, the Escondida Water Supply project was born. Project construction included a new seawater desalination plant that is linked to the Escondida mine