Our Projects

Client

Worley

Project Value

AUD $ 11,400,000

End-user

Newmont Australia

Project

Tanami Expansion 2

Project Briefing

Oreteq was assigned by Worley for Engineering, Design, Fabrication & Supply of Underground & Surface Conveyors. The Scope of Work was distributed over a total of five conveyors with the scope of supply covering the following;

• Engineering ,Design & Modelling of five conveyors
• Conveyor Steelwork & Structural Components
• Pulleys
• Idlers
• Drives & Backstop
• Scrapers & Ploughs
• Conveyor Instrumentation

The Tanami expansion project is anchored on the expansive Auron deposit, which was discovered in 2008, and is located stratigraphically beneath the original Callie orebody and the Federation and Liberator discoveries.

Tanami's orebodies are hosted by reactive stratigraphic units where high-grade gold mineralization is found at intersections with structural corridors, Newmont Goldcorp said. The expansion includes construction of a 1,460 meter shaft, additional capacity in the processing plant, and supporting infrastructure to enable profitable recovery of ore at depth to 2,140 meters below surface.

Client

Wave Projects

Project Value

AUD $ 1,400,000

End User

Norton Gold Fields

Project Duration

March 2022 to November 2022

Project

Racetrack Refractory Gold Project

Project Briefing

Oreteq was assigned by Worley for Engineering, Design, Fabrication & Supply of Underground & Surface Conveyors. The Scope of Work was distributed over a total of five conveyors with the scope of supply covering the following;

The 3.3Mtpa plant is based on conventional carbon-in-pulp technology which is an efficient and low cost operation. It comprises a gyratory crusher, a ball and SAG mill grinding circuit, gravity recovery and cyanide leaching. Gold is extracted from slurry in the leaching circuit onto activated carbon before pumping the carbon to an elution column to wash gold into solution. The gold-bearing solution is then passed through a series of electro-winning cells that deposit the gold onto stainless steel cathodes. The cathodes are rinsed to yield a gold sludge that is dried then smelted into gold doré bullion bars. The bullion is sent to the Perth Mint for refining into gold bars.

Client

First Quantum Minerals

Project Value

AUD $ 300,000

End User

First Quantum Minerals

Project Duration

August - September 2020

Project

Ravensthorpe Nickel Project

Project Briefing

Under FQM's Supply & Maintenance Contract, Oreteq was assigned for the Supply, fabrication & surface treatment of Discharge, feed Chute & Underpan to service the LIM/SAP Beneficiation Dewatering Area. Complete Engineering, fabrication, surface treatment & transport of the Chutes were completed within 5 weeks from receipt of order. Ravensthorpe comprises three separate deposits of low-grade nickel-in-laterite.

Operations involve mining in three open pits, and ore processing in a beneficiation plant – a simple scrubbing and screening process which upgrades the nickel laterite ore. A combination of pressure acid leach and atmospheric leach utilizes all ore types, and precipitation and filtration recover a mixed hydroxide (MHO) precipitate product, containing approximately 40 per cent nickel and 1.4 per cent cobalt, suitable feedstock for battery production. Sulphuric acid for the leaching process is produced on site in a double absorption acid plant. Waste heat from the acid plant is recovered and used to generate all of the site's electrical power as well as provide heat for the leaching process. Ravensthorpe uses seawater piped from the Southern Ocean and pumped via a 46km pipeline. Desalination on site provides fresh water for steam production and brine for use in the beneficiation circuit.

Client

Mondium

Project Value

AUD $ 350,000

End User

Talison Lithium

Project Duration

January to November 2023

Project

Greenbushes Tailings Retreatment Project

Project Briefing

Oreteq was engaged by Mondium on Greenbushes Tailings Retreatment Project for the Supply & Fabrication - Settling Cone & O/F Tanks. The scope of supply also included surface protection & design/fabrication of transport frames for the supplied tanks.

The Greenbushes mining operations has three processing plants, one producing technical grade lithium concentrates and two producing chemical grade lithium concentrate. Ore containing Li2O is fed into the processing plants which upgrade the lithium mineral, using gravity, heavy media, flotation and magnetic processes, into a range of lithium concentrates for bulk and bagged shipments. Various operating modes are used in the processing plants to produce a variety of different lithium concentrates to meet specific customer requirements. Our products and processes have the international BVQI (Quality) Certification. Construction of a second chemical grade lithium plant (CGP2) was completed and commissioned in 2019.

Client

Mondium

Project Value

AUD $ 1,000,000

End User

Talison Lithium

Project

Greenbushes Tailings Retreatment Project

Project Briefing

The Greenbushes mining operations has three processing plants, one producing technical grade lithium concentrates and two producing chemical grade lithium concentrate. Ore containing Li2O is fed into the processing plants which upgrade the lithium mineral, using gravity, heavy media, flotation and magnetic processes, into a range of lithium concentrates for bulk and bagged shipments.

The Project takes reclaimed tailings from an existing tailings storage facility and processes the contained lithium content to produce a saleable lithium concentrate. Oreteq was engaged in the Supply of Conveyor Pulleys and idlers by Mondium, wherein Oreteq under its supply scope delivered a total of 14 Pulleys and over 95 idler sets for the project.

Client

First Quantum Minerals

Project Value

AUD $ 500,000

End User

First Quantum Minerals

Project Duration

January – March 2021

Project

Shoemaker-Levy

Project Briefing

Oreteq was engage for the Refurbishment & Supply of Sizer CR610/08-25 . Oreteq was heavily involved in the refurbishment of existing sizer shafts & gearboxes for fitment to existing Sizer frames. The Scope of Work included reverse engineering & machining of output/input shafts & reverse engineering of bearing & take-up assemblies , boring/casing of sleeve casing inputs, vibration analysis, no-load test run, & fitment of input/output casings.

Client

Cockburn Cement Ltd

Project Value

AUD $ 500,000

End User

Cockburn Cement Ltd

Project

Munster Kiln 6 – Shell Sand Diversion to Stage 3

Project Briefing

Oreteq was assigned by Cockburn Cement on Engineering, Design, Detailing and fabrication of mechanical equipments along with a conveyor & associated substructures to enable the Kiln 6 Shell-sand feed to discharge at both Stage 2 (Level 7) and stage 3 (level 6) cyclones at the Cockburn Cement Munster Site, WA.

The proposed process change is to enable a 0-100% modulating diversion between the existing feedbox and the new feed-box, such that the sand may be injected into the process at a lower level and higher temperature. This is undertaken with the expectation that the higher temperature at the feed-point will achieve better thermal oxidation of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and resultant odour reduction.

Client

RCR Mining Technologies

Project Value

AUD $ 1,000,000

End User

Fortescue Metals Group

Project

FMG Eliwana BFD

Project Briefing

Eliwana commenced operations in December 2020 and includes a 30mtpa dry OPF and 143km of rail linking the mine to our Hamersley rail line. Together with Eliwana’s innovative low profile designed OPF and dual stacker reclaimer, Eliwana has the capacity to direct load onto trains up to 9,000 tonnes per hour. Oreteq was associated with RCR Mining Technologies on the Supply of complete drive and non-drive pulley assemblies including pulley, shaft, locking element, bearing assemblies and bearing housings along with the belting package.

Client

RCR Mining Technologies

Project Value

AUD $ 700,000

End User

Albemarle Lithium

Project

Kemerton Lithium Plant

Project Briefing

The Albemarle Kemerton lithium hydroxide conversion plant, located in the south-west region of Western Australia will process spodumene ore (containing 6% lithium oxide), transported from the Talison Mine at Greenbushes, to produce lithium hydroxide product and a sodium sulfate by-product. Oreteq was contracted for the supply of conveyor Pulleys, idlers and belts on this project. Under the scope of its supply, Oreteq delivered a total of 24 complete Pulley assemblies, 246 idler sets and belting for Transfer, Weigh Feeder and Side Wall Conveyors.

Project Value

AUD $ 600,000

Project Briefing

First Quantum Minerals have engaged and initiated a Maintenance & Supply Contract with Oreteq since 2020. Through this engagement, Oreteq have been providing Supply & Surface Treatment services of Pipe Fittings & Flanges for First Quantum Minerals on their Ravensthorpe Nickel Project.