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| Aker Kvaerner wins Buenaventura's gold autoclave project Norway-based Aker Kvaerner was awarded the basic engineering package by Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A., Peru's largest, publicly-traded precious metals company, for a gold autoclave for their Poracota mine at the Orcopampa district, in the Province of Castilla, Peru. The project began February 2007 and will run through September 2007. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura, S.A.A. has contracted Aker Kvaerner Metals, to manage and provide the basic engineering for their Poracota Gold Autoclave Project, a gold ore pressure oxidation facility. Poracota is located 20 kilometers west of Buenaventura's wholly-owned Orcopampa Mine, at an elevation of approximately 4,000 meters, in the Peruvian Andes. Aker Kvaerner's scope of work includes the circuit design, equipment sizing, preparation of bid packages, and production of layouts to support the capital and operating cost estimates. The front end engineering package will require an estimated time of 33 weeks to complete. This project is being executed by Aker Kvaerner Metals, Inc., located in Tucson, Arizona, USA. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |