Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to provide filtration solutions to one of the largest goldmines in the world

 

Barrick Gold Corporation, the largest gold mining company in the world, through its subsidiary Barrick Exploraciones Argentina S.A. (BEASA) has awarded Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, through its subsidiaries Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Argentina and Whittier Filtration, a contract to deliver one of the largest filtration systems of its kind for the Pascua Lama project, located on the border between Argentina and Chile.The remote location site offers some unique challenges of severe climates at an elevation of 4000 meters above sea level.The system will be delivered in January, 2011.

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies will provide 10 Whittier Filtration Filtra-Matic™ pressure leaf filters, with 3,400 feet of surface area each and a capacity, to treat 6,600 m3/hour of gold and silver-bearing sodium cyanide leaching solution for a Merrill Crowe process. The design of the filters allows easy access to the internal filter leaves for maintenance with an automatic retracting shell. Precoat media offers very fine filtration and is retained on 640 high-quality stainless steel pressure leaf elements.

Through its worldwide network of business units, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is active in all major mining countries and is able to resolve process filtration and all water issues that mining customers face, making the group the global reference for solution treatment in mining areas. Understanding the unique requirements of mine operations and process design, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Argentina and Whittier Filtration were able to meet this unique project´s most demanding reliability, safety and quality standards.

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Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS), subsidiary of Veolia Water, is a leading design & build company and a specialized provider of technological solutions in water treatment. With over 8,900 employees in 57 countries, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies recorded revenue of €2.5 billion Euros in 2008.

Veolia Water
Veolia Water the water division of Veolia Environnement, is the world leader in water and wastewater services. Specialized in outsourcing services for municipal authorities, as well a industrial and service companies, Veolia Water serves 139 million people worldwide. With 93,400 employees, its 2008 revenues amounted to €12.6 billion. www.veoliawaterst.com

Contact :

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Argentina
Gabriela Prestipino 
Marketing & Communications
Tel : + 54 9 11 50 50 22 57
Email : gabriela.prestipino@veoliawater.com

Whittier Filtration
Maria Gonzalez
Marketing & Communications
Tel : + 1714986 5302 
Email : maria.gonzalez@veoliawater.com 

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Americas
Lisa Schilling
Marketing & Communications
Tel: + 1 815 609 20 54
Email: lisa.schilling@veoliawater.com

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