A key benefit of this approach to innovation is increased safety, reduced energy consumption and a smaller environmental footprint, which at the same time delivers shareholder value through reduced operating costs.
ROPECON - A DOPPELMAYR PRODUCT
- Innovative 1.3 km automated conveyor system which transports ore to our processing plant over a 400m vertical fall
- Reduces number of haul trucks and safety risk from driving loaded trucks downhill
- Produces most of the energy it consumes, limiting our carbon footprint
FILTERED TAILINGS
- “Dry-stack” filtered tailings facility best-in-class in the industry
- Moisture content of tailings reduced to 17% and then contained and stored; reduces water consumption versus conventional tailings by 1,500,000 m3 annually
- Eliminates the risk of dam failure in a seismically active area
SART PLANT
- Reduces consumption of our two most costly reagents (cyanide, metabisulfite) by 20-30%
- Decreases the cyanide content of our tailings by 5x
- Produces a saleable by-product with revenues mostly offsetting the plant’s operating costs