15.08.2022

Construction Work starts in August on 83km of Railway Lines in Southern Italy

Works worth more than 3 billion Euros are now underway for the construction of the Hirpinia-Orsara-Bovino section of the High-Speed Naples-Bari line and the sections between Giampilieri and Fiumefreddo of the doubling of the Messina-Catania line:  

15.08.2022

Strabag to modernise Railway Line in Croatia between Zagreb and Rijeka

• Upgrade and new construction of 44 km long section as well as modernisation of several stations and stops
• Contract with a value equivalent to € 228 million, co-financed to a large extent by EU Cohesion Fund
• Construction time: 30 months  
  
  

Market-Place-4.0 Hatch Ltd. AVA Montajes

15.08.2022

AVA Montajes and Hatch successfully complete Construction of World's Largest Tailings Thickener

AVA Montajes and Hatch successfully complete Construction of World´s Largest Tailings Thickener. (credits: Hatch)

Construction of the world’s largest thickener – which has a diameter of 124 m and steep floor slopes – has been completed jointly by AVA Montajes and Hatch Chile and took place throughout the period of social unrest and the pandemic, both issues requiring an increased effort from the team to achieve project success.

The project consisted of an EPC contract, developing the last phase of the detailed engineering started by a third party, including procurement, construction, and commissioning of the third high rate thickener, HRT 4001, of the Ujina plant owned by Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi (CMDIC).

Work included ancillary facilities and utilities and aimed at achieving the performance level required in the stringent design criteria established by the Client.

The development period of 23 months for this EPC contract signed by AVA and CMDIC took place not only during the pandemic but also after the social outbreak that occurred in Chile in October 2019, which were circumstances that raised serious logistical challenges for project delivery. Supply of key equipment for the completion of works became a challenge and was slowed down, demanding extraordinary efforts by the multidisciplinary teams of AVA, Hatch, and the Client to achieve the various program milestones.

Facing Complex Challenges

These challenges were in addition to those typical of a project of this size, which also entailed developing the engineering based on a previous one started by a third party and over a very stringent schedule. This meant that the engineering had to be developed in close coordination with construction works and manufacturing of main equipment. Nevertheless, the project was commissioned without any setbacks, achieving operational continuity, and reaching the operational parameters defined in the design criteria without any reported errors to date.

This project is strategic for CMDIC, since it allows them to support operations over the next 20 years. This is because the treatment and final disposal of tailings produced during the concentration process, as well as the maximization of process water recovery, is one of the most critical aspects in copper concentrate processes. For this reason, all eyes were on the development of this project and its subsequent commissioning, both due to the size of the main equipment – the world’s largest – and because of the challenge presented by its start-up and subsequent operation.

It should be noted that this CMDIC project was never halted during the two years of the pandemic, and this required significant efforts by all personnel involved, due to the strict health restrictions in force at the time, including new learnings and an ongoing adaptation to the conditions dictated by the evolution of the health emergency.

Our work in numbers:

• 560,000 m³ of earthworks
• 8,500 m³ of concrete
• 1,137 ton of rebar
• 600 ton of structures
• 67,000 m2 of geosynthetics
• Assembly of mechanical equipment for a 125-meter diameter HRT thickener
• 8,500 m of electrical conduit
• 38,400 m of electrical conductors
• Assembly of 1 electrical room and 139 electrical pieces of equipment
• Assembly of 140 valves
• Assembly of 9,180 m of piping

Source: Hatch

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15.08.2022

thyssenkrupp Mining Technologies signs Strategic Partnership with Wealth Minerals on Ollagüe Salar Development

thyssenkrupp Mining Technologies has signed a cooperation agreement with Wealth Minerals for the development of their Ollagüe Salar lithium project.  

15.08.2022

Turquoise Hill Special Committee finds Rio Tinto’s Privatization Proposal does not Reflect full & fair Value of the Company

The Special Committee of independent directors of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX: TRQ) (NYSE: TRQ) ("Turquoise Hill" or the "Company") reports that it has advised Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited (“Rio Tinto”) that the Special Committee is terminating its review and consideration of Rio Tinto’s proposal to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of the Company it does not own for cash consideration of C$34 per share (the “Rio Tinto Proposal”).