Energy costs at the Chuquicamata mine in Chile have been substantially reduced as a result of the installation of eight new SIMINECIS PUMP systems.
Enhances concentrator productivity significantly, while eliminating the reducer gear between motor and pump and all corresponding maintenance. Because the drive operates at variable speed, it supports adjustment of pulp flow to the process changes – yielding energy savings of up to 30%.
Siemens has installed a pump system for a copper mine in Mongolia (Erdenet Mining Corporation). The purpose of the pump system is to improve the tailings extraction process in the copper mine and to cope with the increase in the mine’s production. The system was supplied and installed by Siemens and started operating at the beginning of 2007. It is the largest slurry pump ever supplied to a mine.