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Telfer Main Dome Dewatering

Client
Category

Location
Commodity

Newcrest Mining Limited
Sustaining Capital Projects
Pilbara, Western Australia
Gold & Copper

Newcrest is the largest gold producer listed on the ASX and is one of the world’s largest gold mining companies. It owns and operates a portfolio of predominantly low-cost, long-life mines in Australia, Canada and Papua New Guinea, and has a strong pipeline of brownfields and greenfields exploration projects.

Located in the Great Sandy Desert in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia, the Telfer Gold Copper Mine is approximately 450km east-south-east of Port Hedland. The operation is comprised of two mines: Telfer Open Pit, containing two pits – Main Dome and West Dome, and Telfer Underground, located beneath the Main Dome.

SCOPE

  • Install 5km x 450 PN20 HDPE pipeline.
  • Install Pontoon pumps.
  • Transfer pump stations.

HIGHLIGHTS

Successfully completed Primero’s first dewatering infrastructure construction project, leading to ongoing works for Newcrest at Telfer.

The initial project led to two and a half years of continuous presence onsite for Primero under Telfer Capital Works agreement to provide design/construction services across all disciplines.