Skip to content

Dewatering Through Shafts

Dewatering tThrough Shafts for an Underground Lead-Zinc Mine.

Case Study Nº

81

Customer

Esan Eczacibasi Endustriyel Hammaddeler
Turkey

|

2019

Working Conditions

Pressure: 20 bars | Ambient temperature

Pexgol Pipes

Pexgol 160 mm (6”), class 24

Application

Dewatering

Lenght

350 m / 1148.29 ft

Categories

Dewatering tThrough Shafts for an Underground Lead-Zinc Mine.

The Challenge

Esan had to pump dirty water from -600 meters at their underground lead-zinc mine, through narrow shafts to upper levels of the mine.

They usually used HDPE and steel pipes but they had clogging problems. This time Esan wanted a pipe that will not clog and will be very easy to install, with no need of fittings installed in the narrow shafts. They tried to find alternatives to prevent leakege problems on the fittings that caused to change them many times.

Pexgol Solution

The client decided to install 350 meters of Pexgol pipe. They choose Pexgol due to it’s experience with providing long pipe sections that enable to avoid installing fittings in narrow shafts and because of the resistance of the pipe to scale build up.

Thanks to Pexgol the installation took just 6 hours, Esan reduced their operation downtime.

Esan built their own decoiler and decoiled the pipe by themselves.

Related Case Studies

Transport of acid slurry at high temperatures

Slurry Transportation

Moa Nickel S.A. Sherritt
Cuba

 | 

2012
Work with High Pressures and Extreme Ambient Temperature

Water Transport in Copper Mine

Zaldivar SPA Mine
Chile

 | 

2018
A 225 mm Pexgol pipeline designed for abrasive slurry containing 35% NaCl and KCl solids.

Pexgol Replaces Short-Lived HDPE in Coarse Tailings Service

Potash Mine
Canada

 | 

2026
Acid liquor line with high levels of abrasion and sedimentation

Abrasive Liquid Transportation

Moa Nickel S.A. Sherritt
Cuba

 | 

2014
Greater operational efficiency with fewer joints and fast implementation.

Fresh Water Line Optimization in an Oil Field in Argentina

Phoenix Global Resources
Argentina

 | 

2025
Reduced wear and increased durability in the sand cleaning process at KSB de México.

Improving efficiency in steel foundry with Pexgol

KSB de Mexico
Mexico

 | 

2023