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CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc, has announced the successful completion of a trial conducted at two of Codelco’s Chilean mine sites. The investigation was undertaken by Kairos Mining, a joint venture between Codelco and Honeywell, at Codelco’s Andina and Norte copper mines. The company chose CiDRA’s SONARtrac flow monitoring system to help manage a challenging slurry flow application at the operations’ processing plants.
 
Codelco is the world's largest copper producer, generating around 1.8Mt, or 15% of the world’s total copper output per annum. The joint venture with Honeywell, named Kairos Mining, is expected to help Codelco improve plant process stability and business performance.

The SONARtrac flow meters based on passive, sonar technology have performed well, and were chosen by Kairos Mining because of their non-invasive design, which provides high reliability, performance, and maintenance-free operation, thus lowering operating costs and total cost of ownership. The products were supplied by TIAR Ltd, CiDRA’s exclusive representative in Chile, and the company is providing local after sales support to Codelco, in addition to that provided by CiDRA’s headquarters in the US.