Client
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Location
Arequipa, Peru
Cerro Verde Primary Sulfide Project (EPCm)
The Cerro Verde Primary Sulfide Project was an expansion of existing processing facilities that extract copper from oxide copper ore using conventional heap leach and SX/EW technology. The concentrator processes sulfide copper ore from existing mining pits approximately tripling annual production at the site from 100,000 tonnes of copper to 300,000 tonnes (complementing Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde (SMCV's) existing copper SX/EW processing facilities). Copper recovery is achieved with multistage flotation technology with regrinding of middling products. Molybdenum recovered with the copper concentrate is separated in a multistage molybdenum flotation circuit. Nominal copper and molybdenum concentrate production is approximately 2,400 and 15 tonnes per day, respectively.
Fluor's scope included all process facilities, expansion of existing utilities, ancillary facility, and construction management of the tailings disposal facility. The project was completed three weeks ahead of schedule and within 2 percent of Fluor's feasibility study estimate.
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