Piston Diaphragm Slurry Pumps. Andina Mine/El Soldado Mine

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1 Andina Mine/El Soldado Mine, Chile Valparaiso/Nogales, Chile Andina Mine/El Soldado Mine 140/115 m³/hr Codelco/AngloAmerican 4/2.5 MPa Tailings pond 60 % (by weight) Copper trailings 160/100 kw 3/2 km Year of installation 1997/1990 Type of pump TPM 9 x 10 /TPM 8 ½ x 10 Number of pumps 3/3 El Soldado system has operated for more than hours without any unplanned downtime

2 Antamina Mine, Peru Antamina, Peru Antamina Mine 132 m³/hr Compania Minera Antamina 25 MPa Concentrate pipeline transfer 60 % (by weight) Copper/zinc kw 300 km Year of installation 2001 Ausenco PSI Type of pump TPK 2200 Contractor Bechtel Number of pumps 4 Facilities are located at an elevation of m

3 Broken Hill Mine, Australia Broken Hill, NSW, Australia Number of pumps 4 Pasminco Broken Hill Mine Pasminco 100 m³/hr 13 MPa Dirty mine water 3 5 % (by weight) Vertical m 450 kw Year of installation 1991 Type of pump TPM 8½ x

4 Century Zinc, Australia North Western Queensland, Australia Century zinc 177 m³/hr Pasminco/MMG 20 MPa Concentrate pipeline transfer > 50 % (by weight) Lead/zinc kw 308 km Year of installation 2002 Century/Bechtel/Minenco Type of pump TPM 2200 Contractor Bechtel Number of pumps 3 Longest single pump station pipeline in the world

5 Goro Nickel Plant, New Caledonia New Caledonia Goro Nickel plant 460 m³/hr Inco Limited 5.4 MPa kw Nickel slurry Year of installation C Hatch Type of pump DPM 1250 Number of pumps 6 Contractor Bechtel/Technip/Hatch

6 Guizhou Alumina Plant, China Guizhou, China Number of pumps 4 Guizhou Alumina Plant Chalco for Zunyi Alumina 360 m³/hr 11.5 MPa Bauxite and sodium aluminate % (by weight) C kw Type of pump TPM 2200 Year of installation

7 Hillendale Mine, South Africa Richards Bay, South Africa Hillendale Mine 473 m³/hr Tronox Ltd. 8 MPa Tailings pipeline transfer 32 % (by weight) Heavy mineral tailings kw 4.9 km Year of installation 2001 Ausenco PSI Type of pump TPM 2200 Number of pumps 2 Contractor Paterson & Cooke

8 Combined Treatment Plant, South Africa Kimberley, South Africa (2 operating, 1 standby) De Beers Combined Treatment Plant 380 m³/hr De Beers/Anglo American 12 MPa Tailings pipeline transfer > 60 % (by weight) Diamond tailings kw 5 km Year of installation 2002 Paterson & Cooke Type of pump TPM 2200 Number of pumps 3 Contractor Fluor

9 McArthur River/Cigar Lake Mine, Canada Saskatchewan, Canada McArthur River Uranium Mine/ Cigar Lake Uranium Mine Type of pump TPM 7 x 12 Number of pumps 2/1 80 m³/hr Cameco 12.5/9.2 MPa Ore hoisting > 50 % (by weight) Uranium 400/300 kw Vertical 640 m/vertical 580 m Year of installation 1999/2006 The world s first hydraulic ore hoisting operation at Mc Arthur River

10 Minera Yauliyacu, Peru Lima, Peru Minera Yauliyacu 90 m³/hr Empresa Minera Yauliyacu S.A MPa Tailings pipeline transfer 60 % (by weight) Copper/zinc tailings 400 kw 1.9/2.6/5.6 km Year of installation 1999 Type of pump TPM 8 x 10 Number of pumps 3 Facilities are at an elevation of m located and can pump the tailings to three different locations

11 Nikolaev Alumina Plant, Ukraine Nikolaev, Ukraine Number of pumps 2 Nikolaev Alumina plant RUSAL 278 m³/hr Tailings pipeline transfer 12 MPa Red mud % (by weight) 5.5 km kw C Year of installation 2004 Type of pump TPM 2200 VAMI3/Paterson & Cooke

12 Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea Mt. Fubilan, Papua New Guinea Number of pumps 2 Ok Tedi Mine Ok Tedi Mining Limited 400 m³/hr Tailings pipeline transfer 9.7 MPa Copper tailings % (by weight) 128 km kw Year of installation 2008/2013 Type of pump DPM 1250 GolderDarlingPacific

13 s Olympic Dam Mine, Australia Roxby Downs, Australia Number of pumps 3 Olympic Dam Mine BHP Billiton 715 m³/hr Tailings pipeline transfer 4.5 MPa Uranium tailings 55 % (by weight) 10 km kw Year of installation 2011 Type of pump DPM 1250 Jacobs Engineering

14 Quebrada Honda, Peru Toquepala, Peru Number of pumps 3/1 Quebrada Honda 295/190 m³/hr Southern Peru Copper Corporation 6/8 MPa Tailings pond 54 % (by weight) Copper tailings 700/600 kw 4 km Year of installation 2007 AMEC Type of pump TPM 12 x 14 Contractor Bechtel

15 Minera de Neves-Corvo, Portugal Castro Verde, Portugal Number of pumps 2 Minera de Neves-Corvo Sociedade Minera de Neves-Corvo 168 m³/hr Tailings pond 13 MPa Copper/zinc tailings 68 % (by weight) 3 km 800 kw Year of installation 2010/2011 Type of pump TPM 2200 Golder

16 Yarwun Alumina Refinery, Australia Gladstone, Australia Yarwun Alumina Refinery 390/425 m³/hr Rio Tinto Alcan 9.6 MPa > 60 % (by weight) Bauxite and sodium aluminate 1 275/1 400 kw 90 C Year of installation 2004/2009 Type of pump TPM 2200 Hatch Number of pumps 8/10 (18 in total) Contractor Bechtel