Skip to content

Dewatering at an Open Cast Mine

Water Extraction From A Middle Pool To The Exterior Of The Mine

Estudo de Caso Nº

30

Cliente

Codelco, Ministro Hales Division
Chile

|

2016

Condições de Trabalho

Extreme temperatures (-25° to 40°C).

Solução Pexgol

Pexgol 160 mm Class 19 (SDR 9).

Aplicação

Water extraction

Comprimento

400 m.

Categorias

Water Extraction From A Middle Pool To The Exterior Of The Mine

The Challenge

The harsh environmental conditional where Codelco needed to install dewatering lines at the open cast mine, made the engineers opt for a change in their pipe material. They consider Pexgol as an option to decrease the repetitive failures they had with former materials.

Pexgol Solution

A 400 meters Pexgol pipe 160 mm Class 19 was provided, in one section without joints. The Pexgol pipe allowed a quick, reliable and easy installation on the harshest conditions of the open cast mine.

Estudos de Caso Relacionados

Mining Effluent Transportation in Cuba.

Pexgol Optimizes Tailings Management at Sherritt’s Moa Nickel Mine

Sherritt
Cuba

 | 

2020
High Pressure potable water line

High Pressure Potable Water Line

Antofagasta Minerals, Pelambres Mine
Chile

 | 

2014
Installation of a Fire Supply Network in a Oil Treatment Plant.

Fire Network Supply

YPF
Argentina

 | 

2021
Installation of Buried Pipes to Transport Water on a Mining Road.

Water Transportation on a Mining Road

CODELCO – Andina Mine
Chile

 | 

2019
Extraction of underground water through wells

Extraction of Underground Water

Doña Inés de Collahuasi SCM, Collahuasi Mine
Chile

 | 

2010
Installation of a New Pexgol Pipeline to Provide Cold Water for a External Chiller System.

Cold Water Distribution for External Cooler System

Chip Manufacturer
Israel

 | 

2022