Dragflow has recently supplied its DRH cable dredger to a mine located in the southwest region of the island of Sumbawa, in the District of Sekongkang, Indonesia, for extraction of copper, gold and silver.
“The customer was looking for a complete dredging equipment, diesel driven, capable to create and handle high concentration slurry, to be place in the open pit mine, ” Dragflow said.
The dredger purpose is to pump the settled material from the bottom of the tailing pond to a higher part of the mine in order to maintain the required water capacity.
The Dragflow solution was a DRH dredger equipped with pump HY85/160HC plus cutters EXHY20, also supplied with an acid resistant package.
The dredging unit is able to pump up to 800 m3/h of mixture with high solid concentration and up to a distance of more than 500m.
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