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Water Drainage at an Open-Cast Mine

Water Drainage in Harsh Ground

Case Study Nº

32

Customer

Timmins Gold Corp Group, Molimentales del Noroeste Mine
Mexico

|

2016

Working Conditions

Solar exposure, 14 bars.

Pexgol Pipes

Pexgol 225 mm, Class 15 (SDR 11).

Application

Water drainage.

Lenght

200 m.

Categories

Water Drainage In Harsh Ground

The Challenge

At “Molimentales” Mine in order to continue with their open-cast mining operations, it was necessary to drainage water from some sections in the ground. Formerly, the mine used an HDPE pipe of 12 meter sections, but they had constant issues due to leaks in the joints.

Pexgol Solution

A Pexgol pipe was provided, in 100 meters sections, in order to have less joints and thereby less leak risks.

Furthermore, the installation was fast and simple due to the lack of welds, and the pipes were dragged with the equipment that the mine already had available.

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