Construction of Magnola metallurgy plant
- Construction and development of foundations for future buildings and infrastructure at the Magnola plant
- Installation of three conduits and sewer inspection chambers for a 2.5 km drinking and fire protection water supply line, as well as a forcemain.
- Installation of underground piping for water supply, fire protection water, process water, cooling water, and domestic and stormwater sewer systems
- Total installation of ± 20,000 m of pipelines over a distance of about 4,000 m of trenches
- Construction of pond in Nicolet River
- Tailings pond
- Access road to tailings pond
- Installation of pipelines from plant to tailings pond
- Development and seeding of tailings management facilities
- Site landscaping and paving
- Natural gas pipelines
- Buried grounding grid
- Outdoor lighting
- Mine tailings cut and fill amounting to ± 300,000 m3
- Waterproofing of pond (geomembrane + clay)
- Decant tower
- Tower access ramp
- Connecting pipe to vacuum breaker chamber
Highlights
- Considerable volume of cut/fill, i.e., 1,200,000 m3 of material moved
- On-site production of 700,000 tonnes of crushed rock for project
- Adapting rapidly to changes in alignment and soil conditions
- Planning and coordinating work on the basis of the various industrial site constraints
- Significant variety of pipes (diameters) in the same trench
- Large number of suppliers
- Planning and change management
- Substantial volume of cut/fill, i.e., 600,000 m3
- Bentonite and slurry mix used to waterproof pond
- Coordinating work with various contractors on site
- Installation of waterproofing in fall
- Compliance with deadlines
Type of project | Localisation |
Mining Operations |
Danville |
Implementation | Client |
April 1998 to December 2001 | Métallurgie Magnola Inc. |
Project value | work performed by |
$27,987,000 | EMF |
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