Haldeman Mining

Acid Plant Database May 19, 2015

Owner	Haldeman Mining Co. S.A.
Location	Quebrada de Sagasca / Iquique Region I Tarapaca Chile
Background	Current Name: La Cascada
Website	www.haldeman.cl
Plant	-
Coordinates*	20° 11' 13" S, 69° 19' 51" W
Type of Plant	Sulphur Burning
Gas Source	Elemental Sulphur - Bulk
Plant Capacity	120 MTPD
SA/DA	SA
Emissions	-
Status	Operating
Year Built	1972
Technology	Monsanto
Contractor	Panamerican
Remarks	High pressure steam generated Turbine operated blowers and pumps
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General	HMC develops its mining operations at Sagasca worksite (Ist Region, Chile), with mine and plant activities to produce 19.000 tons of copper cathodes per year, incorporating top technology in underground mining, leaching, solvent extraction (SX) and electro-winning (EW). Established in September 2004, copper cathodes produced by the company have excelled because their high quality levels and purity, exceeding the Copper Grade A requirements of the London Metal Exchange and supplying the most demanding strand casting plants in Europe. The Haldeman Mining Company's shareholders chose he name to pay an homage to Robert M. Haldeman, former General Manager of Sociedad Minera Pudahuel (SMP) and Cía. C.P.A. Before joining SMP, Haldeman was Executive Vice President of the US company Braden Copper Co., a subsidiary of Kennecott Corporation's El Teniente mine. Haldeman was one of the pioneers in commercializing the Thin Layer (TL) heap leach technology discovered by Dr. P.H. Johnson in the United States and later improved and industrialized by Sociedad Minera Pudahuel.
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MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

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