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Cerro Verde shows off credentials

Justo Enriquez and Jim Vanderbeek stand in the shadow of a Polysius ball mill, one of a bank of six massive mills, surrounded by 49,000 tonnes of steel structures, proud at having participated in one of the most successful and largest copper expansion projects ever undertaken at Freeport-McMoRan’s Cerro Verde copper mine near Arequipa, Peru.

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The use of HPGRs (far left) have helped optimise flotation plant recovery at the Cerro Verde expansion

The use of HPGRs (far left) have helped optimise flotation plant recovery at the Cerro Verde expansion

The US$4.6 billion expansion and start-up of Cerro Verde’s 240,000t per day C2 concentrator was unparalleled in its success, according to Enriquez, operations and commissioning manager of the operation,...

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