Chile: 27 of 52

QB2 incorporates extensive environmental measures, including the first large-scale use of desalinated seawater for mining in the Tarapacá Region of Chile
MANAGEMENT

Teck taps IDE for Quebrada Blanca desalination plant

Teck has commissioned IDE Technologies to design and supply a modular SWRO desalination plant

14 February 2019

With this extension, Züblin will oversee 58,400m of horizontal developments
UNDERGROUND

Züblin's underground contract at Candelaria extended

Züblin has been awarded an extension to its contract with Mina Candelaria Subterránea until 2022

13 February 2019

A TAKRAF shiploader
MANAGEMENT

TAKRAF equips Chile copper project with port equipment

Tenova company TAKRAF Italy is supplying a shiploader to a copper expansion project in Chile

01 February 2019

Los Bronces in Chile prepares for expansion
UNDERGROUND

Los Bronces sheds workers

Anglo American has shed 180 workers from its Los Bronces copper and molybdenum mine in Chile

30 January 2019

 Among other things, CNP and NORCAT will work together to offer mine worker training and development programmes to Chilean mining companies and contractors
TECHNOLOGY

NORCAT, Chile mining tech centre sign innovation MoU

NORCAT has entered into an agreement with mining centre Centro Nacional de Pilotaje Chile (CNP)

25 January 2019

Quebrada Blanca is an open pit operation, which leaches the ore to produce copper cathodes via processing in an SX-EW plant
PROCESSING

Bechtel to expand Teck's Quebrada Blanca mine

Bechtel has received approval from Teck to proceed with the expansion of the Quebrada Blanca mine

21 January 2019

 The system uses AI to predict how thickeners will operate an hour in the future
PROCESSING

IntelliSense.io brings AI to thickener control

IntelliSense.io has developed AI-based decision support software for thickener control

17 January 2019

 The Escondida copper mine in Chile
ENVIRONMENT

Seawater use on the rise in Chile

Copper mine seawater use to triple, according to Cochilco

14 January 2019

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