Aker Kvaerner awarded Palmarejo Mining project
Posted: 25 March 2008
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract to perform construction management of the Palmarejo Mining Project for Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation.
The approximate processing capacity target for the project is 2 million metric tons of ore per year.
The scope of work includes construction management services for the infrastructure and process plant areas of this silver and gold processing facility, including cyanide leaching and electrowinning processes, plant's infrastructure of access roadways, sewage treatment plant, waste disposal facilities, fresh water storage and distribution system, campsite, administration offices, first aid facility, laboratory, warehouse, truck shop and main substation.
The plant processing facilities will include a crushing and grinding circuit, conventional floatation of silver sulfide and gold concentrate, thickening and cyanide leaching of floatation concentrate and tailings, precious metals recovery plant and thickening/electrowinning with cyanide destruction and disposal of tailings in a conventional tailings dam.
The project is located in the Sierra Madre Mountains, adjacent to the town of Palmarejo in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, elevated some 3,200 ft above Mean Sea Level.
Access to the site is by gravel road from Chihuahua or by air to a small local airstrip.
In addition to the challenges in accessing the site, the Aker Kvaerner team also faces a tight schedule, weather conditions, and site communications.
Posted by Richard Price, Editor, EnergyME.com
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