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Mining & Metals

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The Mining & Metals (M&M) unit works on projects related to the mining and production of materials such as aluminum, coal, copper, iron ore, alumina and other metals and minerals. The unit operates on six continents and has completed hundreds of major mining projects as well as more than 1,000 mining studies.[1][2] It has also finished 42 major copper projects, 30 aluminum smelters, 15 major coal projects, and eight alumina refinery projects.[3]

In 2013, the unit completed construction of Saudi Arabia's first aluminum smelter in Ras Al-Khair,[1] the Daunia coal mine in Queensland, Australia,[4] and the expansion of the Kooragang Coal Terminal in Port Waratah in Australia, increasing capacity to 145 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa).[5]

That same year, M&M was chosen to provide the engineering, procurement, and construction of a water system and desalination plant for the Escondida copper mine in Chile.[1]

In 2014, M&M completed the Caval Ridge coal mine in Queensland,[6] and began operations at Escondida’s OLAP copper cathode project, which consisted of a new dynamic leaching pad and a mineral handling system.[7]

In 2015, the unit completed the Las Bambas copper concentrator in Peru for MMG,[8] the Kitimat aluminum smelter in Canada for Rio Tinto Group.[9], and the Escondida Organic Growth Project 1 (OGP1), the largest single-line copper concentrator ever built.[1] It also completed a third berth for the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) at Hay Point Coal Terminal in Queensland, Australia, which increased export capacity from the existing 44 Mtpa to 55 Mtpa.[10]

Bechtel began building the Al Taweelah alumina refinery (formerly Shaheen) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) in 2015.[11][12]

In April 2016, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) announced that Bechtel had been appointed Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) contractor for the company’s Line 6 Expansion Project. The initiative will make Alba the world’s largest single-site aluminum smelter upon completion, boosting production to 1.5 Mtpa.[13] That same month, Rio Tinto announced that Kitimat had reached full production levels of 420,000 tpa,[14] while Las Bambas achieved commercial production in July 2016.[15] As of 2016, Bechtel is advancing the Amrun bauxite initiative for Rio Tinto in Australia, which announced project approval in November 2015.[16]

  1. ^ a b c d Moore, Paul (January 2014). "Building on foundations". International Mining. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ Sambidge, Andy (September 13, 2013). "Bechtel sets up mining, metals HQ for GCC growth". Arabian Business. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Annual Report". Bechtel. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Daunia". Mining Link. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. ^ Lyubomirova Traykova, Zdravka (September 13, 2013). "Bechtel completes Port Waratah's Kooragang Coal Terminal expansion". SeeNews. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  6. ^ Simon Walker (5 March 2015). "Las Bambas on track". Engineering and Mining Journal. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Oxide Leach Area Project". bnamericas.com. Business News Americas. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  8. ^ Tracy Hancock (1 July 2016). "The EPCM Perspective". Mining Weekly. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Kitimat Rio Tinto aluminum smelter re-opens". 7 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |workCBC News= (help)
  10. ^ Jessica Ferlaino. "Seeing Things Differently". Business In Focus. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Bechtel's David Welch predicts UAE construction growth". Technical Review Middle East. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  12. ^ Michael Fahy (3 September 2015). "US construction company Bechtel to train Emirati engineers". The National. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  13. ^ Nadine Firth (18 April 2016). "Alba appoints Bechtel as EPCM Contractor for Line 6 Expansion Project". Aluminum Today. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  14. ^ Derek Penner (6 April 2016). "Rio Tinto's rebuilt Kitimat aluminum smelter ramped up to full production". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Las Bambas Reaches Commercial Production". Engineering & Mining Journal. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  16. ^ Mike Dooley (27 November 2015). "Rio Tinto approves $1.9bn expansion of Amrun bauxite project in Australia". Lidtime. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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