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Partnering with customers to improve performance 3 Outstanding project management brings it all back on track 8 New eHighlights Minerals mobile-friendly website 28 Making the best of an "/n-s/fuation" 20 Maximizing copper recovery with innovative ROL technology 6 Lessening impact to the bottom line 13 Little things add up to more savings 26 Horsing around is therapeutic recreation 19 Building partnerships that endure over time 29 gives you more details and additional features FRONT COVER: FLSMIDTH'S OPERATION & MAINTENANCE TEAM DURING INSPECTION OF FLOTATION CELLS AT COLLAHUASI. FLSMIDTH WAS...

CONTACT THE EDITOR [email protected] Partnering with customers to improve performance Our FLSmidth team enjoys working with customers on a variety of projects and in many exciting and challenging situations. We continue to engineer solutions aimed at supporting customers in becoming more productive and efficient, and therefore more profitable. When vibrations throw off calibration, see how to make the best of an "in-situation" and bring a rotary dryer back into balance (page 20). Or when conveying material requires that you span multiple railway lines while climbing 40 meters, read...

Productivity-focused solutions Being in business for more than 130 years, we’ve gained valuable experiences that have been crucial in tackling the multifaceted challenges we see today. Our accumulated knowledge gives FLSmidth a huge competitive advantage in the marketplace and enables us to respond to customers professionally and responsibly. We crave forward thinking, and we're always exploring for needed adjustments and poising for present and future opportunities. Our people are continually innovating to fully realize the latest advancements and move the industry forward. FLSmidth engineers...

Read more about new Minerals orders on flsmidth.com/announcements New projects From the Americas and Africa, to Russia and the Middle East, here’s just a sampling of the exciting new projects awarded to FLSmidth during the latter part of 2015. Copper-Gold-Magnetite plant in Russia In close cooperation with the Norilsk Nickel Group, FLSmidth is completing the detailed plant engineering, equipment supply and commissioning services for the separation section of the Bystrinskoye project located in the Zabaikalsky Krai region of Eastern Siberia, Russia. FLSmidth will provide all process sections including...

CONTACT RON KLEPPER [email protected] Maximizing copper recovery with innovative ROL technology FLSmidth recently signed a joint agreement with BASF to expedite the commercialization of the new FLSmidth® Rapid Oxidative Leach process. Originally announced to the mining industry back in May, our combined teams continue to develop this exciting breakthrough technology. THE MINERALS LABORATORY TEAM TESTS FLSMIDTH® RAPID OXIDATIVE LEACH PROCESSES WITH A STRIRRED MEDIA REACTOR The FLSmidth® Rapid Oxidative Leach (ROL) process is receiving a lot of attention in the media. Considered by many...

ROL PILOT PLANT BEING INSTALLED IN UTAH, USA being used to test the process in batches and have provided very promising results. These specialized Stirred Media Reactors (SMRt) are used to mitigate passivation of the chalcopyrite copper concentrates. Included with each apparatus is equipment used in measurement and control of temperature, pH, REDOX potential and oxygen addition, as well as a sample tracking system. The ROL process uses a chemical-mechano leach to overcome passivation. FLSmidth aims to provide a pregnant liquor solution that will match up to the simultaneous research that BASF...

CONTACT SAAD IBRAHIM [email protected] Outstanding project management brings it all back on track OVERLOOKING FOUR FLSMIDTH 80-METER TAILINGS THICKENERS AT THE CERRO VERDE PHASE II EXPANSION SITE Not all projects run smoothly. In fact, many of them have challenges that can cause even the most seasoned project manager to question his or her career path and long for a relaxing week away from it all. Of course, that's what makes a life in the minerals industry interesting. It’s also about understanding the importance of delivering to customer satisfaction even when the task at hand seems...

WE WERE ABLE TO EDUCATE THE SUPPLIERS ON HOW TO MANUFACTURE THE EQUIPMENT IN BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT WAYS. WE BROUGHT THEM INTO FLSMIDTH’S SALT LAKE CITY AND AREQUIPA FACILITIES FOR TRAINING SESSIONS ON HOW TO BUILD FLOTATION CELLS, FOR EXAMPLE.” Saad Ibrahim – FLSmidth Site Manager, Cerro Verde Expansion SAAD IBRAHIM (LEFT) CHECKS LEVELS AND HYDRAULICS ON ONE OF THE THICKENERS, WITH STEVE WARE, AT THE CERRO VERDE SITE Building a lasting relationship In 2006, FLSmidth started working with FCX’s Cerro Verde openpit copper and molybdenum mine, which is located approximately 20 miles southwest...

TAILINGS THICKENER SHOWN DURING COMMISSIONING AT CERRO VERDE IN AREQUIPA, PERU supplier in the flowsheet with over $120 million of equipment being constructed. This was all part of the bigger multibillion dollar expansion being overseen by Fluor. “We needed to get the project back on track to fulfill customer expectations and deliver within the promised timeframe. Our reputation was on the line," said Steve Altman, FLSmidth’s Key Account Manager. "That meant not only installing the equipment but drastically speeding up the whole schedule—all keeping quality and safety in mind.” Superb and calculated...

INSPECTION OF FLSMIDTH KREBS HYDROCYCLONE CLUSTERS “The major problem was that [the suppliers] were saying what we wanted to hear but then they didn’t deliver. Everything was late. This makes us all look bad, so we asked that they let us know the reality so we could plan accordingly,” Ibrahim said. "My manufacturing experience told me it would take longer, so I would call them out. When they understood that we knew what we were doing, they would respond with a more accurate schedule.” Suppliers were told they had to perform and give updates on exactly where they were on completing tasks. Ibrahim...