Modification IV Taltal Oxide Plant

Description: Modification IV Taltal Oxides Plant Waste and sterile disposal projects To reach the production levels already authorized for the Taltal Oxides Plant (POx), equivalent to 12,000 t / year of fine copper, Minera Las Cenizas SA, has studied the need to expand the Dynamic Leaching area, incorporating an additional leaching area of approximately 18,000 m2. This is due to the fact that the current operation uses dynamic piles of less than 2.5 m in height, originally conceived, thus requiring an additional area to process the 160,000 tons / month of authorized mineral and thus achieve the production of fine copper. described above. Likewise, to ensure POx operation for at least 11 years, the expansion of the Leaching Gravel Dump has been projected to reach a global capacity of approximately 33 million tons. The general objective of the Project is the expansion of the dynamic leaching area to reach the production levels already authorized in RCA No. 111/2010 (12,000 t / year of copper cathodes) and the expansion of the Gravel Dump to ensure operation of the plant, for at least 11 more years.