The Prime Minister of Peru was on hand for Mondays official expansion ceremony at the Cerro Verde mine.
Lets look back at some of the highlights of this massive project. We start with Lima based Cosapi SA Engineering and Construction firm’s Time Lapse Video of their Liebherr 1000 EC-H 40 Litronic High Top Tower Crane and mobile cranes wrapping up work at the recently completed mining complex.
The Freeport-McMoRan Cerro Verde mine is a porphyry copper deposit that has oxide and secondary sulfide mineralization , and primary sulfide mineralization.
The Cerro Verde Production Unit Expansion is the largest one-time built copper concentrator on the planet. Fluor who recently ranked #2nd on the ENR Top 400 Contractors list was selected to provide engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) and commissioning services for the new concentrator. Watch the Video Here
Additional TIMELAPSE VIDEO of CONSTRUCTION
The phased start-up of the new concentrator commenced on September 1, 2015 on schedule. The start-up of the last of 6 grinding circuits commenced ahead of schedule on November 21, 2015. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO GALLERY
The pictures below are courtesy of Western Canadian Steel
WCS lent their project management expertise to this massive mining operation that included 700 ironworkers. They quickly identified and addressed key barriers to productivity and began implementing systems that streamlined logistics and increased the project’s overall efficiency. Through the simple inclusion of a work glove program for employees, WCS was able to drop the number of daily incident reports drastically. Within six months, the client was already noticing the benefits of the safety and productivity systems WCS put in place.
