CLC is 70% owned by Inmet Mining, a Canadian-based global mining company, and 30% by US-based Leucadia National Corporation. Work for the project is under way and is scheduled for completion and commissioning by the end of 2010.
The new plant will treat up to 3.7 million gallons per day of mine water from the dewatering and re-injection system using HWPT’s patented technology known as Engineered Membrane Separation or EMS before being re-injected into the aquifer.
The company said that the treated water will comply with environmental standards issued by the Andalusian Water Agency and allow the mine to operate at full capacity year round.
The contract was awarded to HWPT under a joint venture with MP Medioambiente, a Spanish water management company. HWPT will design, engineer, and build the plant utilizing its patented membrane-based water treatment technology.
Allan Provost, CEO of Harrison Western said: “Cobre Las Cruces, one of the largest mining operations in Spain, awarded the HW Process Technologies lead consortium, a significant contract as a result of our unrivaled technical expertise and leading-edge technology in water treatment for industrial process solutions.
“We are very proud to deliver reliable solutions to assist CLC in meeting the challenge of optimizing sustainable mine production while complying with stringent Spanish environmental standards applicable to the re-injection of treated water into the regional aquifer.”
