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Ore Pre-concentration

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Deadline 19/06/2020

Closing Time 12:00 am

CODELCO has asked Expande to prospect the local and international ecosystem to identify technological solutions that respond to the technical challenge “Ore pre-concentration”

The degradation of natural resources, specifically the decline in the mineral grade is a normal process to which every mining business is exposed and which is the result of the exhaustion of its mining reserves. This has meant that many mining companies have seen the supply of ore to their facilities reduced and are evaluating obtaining copper from low-grade resources and, in some cases, from materials that at some point in the useful life of the deposit were considered waste as a consequence of the process and / or economic conditions.
These materials, normally deposited in surrounding areas to the operations, represent an interesting business potential to use available capacities in the plant since they can be processed at marginal cost, where the mine expense component is reduced only to the item of transport between the stock and the primary crushing feed box.
Objectives of this prospection
Identify suppliers that have technological solutions that allow to technically and economically pre-concentrate (ore-sorting) material deposited in stock. This material corresponds to primary sulfide resources that have an average grade of 0.20 – 0.25% Cut.
• Facilitate the increase in the grade of the material by at least 30% and ensure that it does not create a loss in the operational performance of the plant.
• Operate at rates of 1000 to 2000 tpd to ensure the continuity of the concentration plant.
• The solution must be mobile and adaptable to different fronts and operational work spaces.
• The technological solution must be made up of robust components that withstand operational conditions in the presence of particulate material, humidity and interference with material movement equipment.
Exclusions
The technological proposal should focus only on the pre-concentration stage. Excludes feeding and material transport activities. These issues will be addressed later in an eventual negotiation process.