OZ Minerals, CiDRA Commission FEED Study at Carrapateena Mine Site
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OZ Minerals and CiDRA Minerals Processing have commissioned a front end engineering and design (FEED) study for a full-scale implementation of CiDRA’s novel minerals separation technology at the Carrapateena Mine site. Applying CiDRA’s novel technology as a grind circuit rougher will help remove coarse material from the grind circuit circulating loads, enabling an increase in plant throughput.
Among the many benefits provided by CiDRA’s technology, the increase in throughput provided by the grind circuit rougher is achieved without increasing total power consumption, which translates to a 20 percent reduction in energy per unit ton.
Worley Ltd. will provide front end engineering design services (FEED) for the project. The services will be executed by Worley teams in Adelaide, Calgary and on secondment to CiDRA’s facility in Wallingford, Connecticut. These services follow the pre-FEED phase of the project, which Worley recently completed.
Upon final investment decision and selection by OZ Minerals for the project to progress, CiDRA and Worley expect to negotiate the subsequent detailed engineering and execution phases of the project.
The partnership between Worley, CiDRA, and OZ Minerals demonstrates a unique collective commitment to efficiently accelerate global copper production and progress towards global electrification and meeting the net zero goal in a responsible, equitable, and sustainable way.
“CiDRA has a long history of delivering innovative process optimization solutions to the global minerals processing industry, and through our history we have relied on likeminded partners to bring our technology to market. Since early 2022, we have worked closely with OZ Minerals to evaluate and innovate our P29 technology to help meet their long-term expansion goals,” said Paul Rothman, president of CiDRA.
“We are pleased with our partnership with Worley to deliver our first of a kind technology in a collaborative and efficient way,” added Rothman.
“As a global professional services company headquartered in Australia, we are pleased to be engaged in this important project. Our partnership with CiDRA and OZ Minerals is one of the ways we’re helping our customers adapt existing assets to improve efficiency and mineral recovery, while also supporting our strategic focus on sustainability and delivering a more sustainable world,” said Nick Bell, Global Sector Lead Mining, Minerals and Metals at Worley.
“OZ Minerals is excited to be working with the CiDRA and Worley teams on this world class project. We view the FEED study as a crucial first step for the implementation of CiDRA’s grind circuit rougher technology to enable us to increase our plant throughput while maintaining industry leading recoveries at Carrapateena,” said Joe Seppelt, manager-processing at OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena Mine.
OZ Minerals Limited engages in the exploration, development, mining, and processing of mining projects in Australia. The company primarily explores for copper, gold, silver, nickel, iron oxide, zinc, and lead deposits. It owns and operates the Prominent Hill mine located in northern South Australia; the Carrapateena project located in South Australia; and the Antas mine located in the state of Pará in the northern region of Brazil. The company also holds interests in the West Musgrave copper-nickel project located in the Musgrave Province, Western Australia; Pedra Branca project located in the southern part of the Carajás in the state of Pará in the North of Brazil; and the CentroGold project located in the state of Maranhão in northern Brazil. In addition, it has interests in the Paraiso, Pantera, Lannavaara, Coompana, and Eloise properties. The company was incorporated in 1932 and is headquartered in Adelaide, Australia.
CiDRA Minerals Processing develops advanced technologies and solutions that create new paradigms in the minerals processing industry with a focus on increasing enterprise value through optimization, increased recoveries and enhancing the sustainability of limited and valuable resources. CiDRA Minerals Processing provides measurement and control solutions to more than 460 mine sites in 46 countries.
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