WHAT WE DO

Newmont Leeville Mine, USA

Project Information

CLIENT:

Newmont

LOCATION:

Nevada, USA

PROJECT CLASSIFICATION:

Mine backfill & detailed design, construction assistance, commissioning assistance and training.

P &C carried out detailed engineering, construction assistance, and commissioning of the paste plant and UG reticulation system, including the binder feed system with varying recipe and dosage rates. The plant design enables repulping of previously deposited tailings and the addition of aggregate for improved backfill strength performance. Pulsation dampening on the discharge pumping system alleviated potentially damaging transient events from the S-Tube style positive displacement pump necessitated by the aggregate addition.

KEY PROJECT DATA

Medium:
Paste Backfill

Capacity:
200 t/h

Notes:
Over 10 kilometres of 8-inch diameter paste pipe distribution