desalination

Escondida's new desal plant in Chile
ENVIRONMENT

Chile's seawater, energy demand to grow significantly

Mining's seawater desalination use to grow 156% through 2030

27 January 2020

Escondida’s desal plant in Chile
INDUSTRY COMMENT

The water conundrum

Mayer Brown's Ian R. Coles on desalination solutions in Chile

12 December 2019

The Escondida desalination plant in Chile
POWER

BHP's renewables move comes with high price tag

Miner flags half-year charge of US$780 million

21 October 2019

Worsening water shortages will impose costs on miners, with the burden especially hard on smaller companies, Moody's has warned
ENVIRONMENT

High water bill awaits miners

Miners will have to spend billions more on water desalination and treatment, Moody's has warned

01 October 2019

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

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 Escondida Water Supply project in Chile’s Atacama Desert is an example of innovation in implementing a large-scale desalination water-management solution
MANAGEMENT

Designing mines for a sustainable water future

Dennis Gibson of Black & Veatch Mining reviews how mining operations approach water management

09 January 2019

Energy Recovery technology headed to Chile
ENVIRONMENT

Energy Recovery technology headed to Chile

US company awarded funding to supply its desalination to country's industry

10 December 2018

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