Duration: 2013 - 2016
Processing capacity: 3,000,000t/a, 9000t/d
Project overview:
CuDeco's copper mine located in Cloncurry, northwest of Queensland Australia, and 780 kilometers to Townsville in the east, with solid infrastructure around.
High grade native copper, cobalt (coexist with pyrite) and magnet are contained in raw ore and could be separated after processing. Copper was mined in open pit, with application of complex processing technology of crushing-HPGR-scrubber separation-jigging-spiral chute-table separation-ball mill-flotation-vertical mill-filter by Australian industrial standards and Queensland mining regulations. The project has integrated world class equipments, 90% of which were made in China.
In the aspect of engineering, Sinosteel MECC organized experts and qualified local engineers for design review and optimization and completed 3D design. The modularization and preassembly engineering for steel structure and pipeline has efficiently reduced difficulties and cost of site construction.
Designed capacity (t/d)
Expected capacity (t/a)
Coarse native copper
1881
3000-5000
Fine native copper
115.8
8000-12000
801.6
150,000-250,000
(incouding Cu32%)
Pyrite concentrate with cobalt
1170
150,000
Magnetite concentrate
789
200,000
Product
Copper concentrate