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SAXUM is a multidisciplinary engineering company with extensive experience in assistance
services to the Mining Industry. Our capabilities include full Engineering assistances as well as
Procurement and Construction Management services.
Through its companies in the USA, Brazil and Argentina SAXUM is attending the technical needs
of the mining industry in the Americas.
Our clients are the most important mining companies in the Americas. This is the best
demonstration of our experience and recognition.
SAXUM offers a flexible, tailor-made service for all your engineering and construction
management needs in the minerals processing industry. Our professionals are
specialists in their disciplines and it is our mission to bring our quality engineering
design services to the mining industry as we have been doing in the cement industry
for decades.
SAXUM offers full engineering services including civil/structural engineering,
mechanical and piping engineering, electrical engineering, instrumentation and
control, as well as metallurgic process engineering.
SAXUM also has Project and Construction Managers with broad experience in EPCM
mining projects who direct projects achieving high quality standards, always within
the specified time frame and budget. This can only be performed by using the latest
knowledge in managing projects and with the help of consistent databases that will
manage all the project information.
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Projects
Pan American Silver – Argentina – Manantial Espejo
Detailed mechanical, electrical and structural engineering
Gold and silver extraction.
2000 tpd processing plant comprising primary crushing, grinding, gravity concentration and
leaching, CCD and Merrill Crowe.
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Projects
Complete engineering and procurement services for the gold and silver Casposo mining plant.
Total control and management of the project.
Intrepid Mines Ltd. – Argentina – Casposo Project
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Projects
FMC Lithium – Argentina – Salar del Hombre Muerto
Complete conceptual and basic engineering for low sodium lithium chloride brine plant.
Process
Civil & Structural
Mechanical & Piping
Electrical
Instrumentation & Control
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Projects
Complete conceptual engineering for lithium carbonate and
potassium chloride plants.
Process
Civil & Structural
Mechanical & Piping
Electrical
CAPEX & OPEX
Eramet Ingenierie – Argentina – Salinas Grandes
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Projects
Lithium carbonate and Potassium chloride plants in Salar del Hombre Muerto (Salta)
P&IDs development
Galaxy Lithium – Argentina – Sal de Vida project
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Projects
Xstrata Copper – Argentina – Minera Alumbrera
New cleaning cells
Conceptual, basic and detailed engineering
Process and mechanical engineering
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Projects
Xstrata Copper – Argentina – Minera Alumbrera
Tailings dam water recovery system
Tecnhical/economic analysis for different layout and equipments arrangement alternatives
Conceptual engineering
Mechanical & Piping
Civil & Structural
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Projects
Xstrata Copper – Argentina – Minera Alumbrera
Pebbles crushing plant expansion
Detailed engineering
Structural and mechanical engineering
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Projects
BARRICK – Argentina – Veladero Mine
Detailed engineering for crushing area
Static and dynamic analysis of foundations for primary and secondary crushers
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Projects
CODELCO – Chile – Chuquicamata
Value recovery from fresh tails generated from the Chuquicamata Concentrate Plant
Detailed engineering
Procurement
Construction assistance
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Projects
Minera IRL – Argentina – Don Nicolás project
Pre-Feasibility study
Preliminary process design criteria, plot plan and facilities layout
Tailings management design, Hydrological campaign/Water development campaign
Capex devolpment featuring all engineering disciplines
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Projects
AngloGold Ashanti – Argentina – Cerro Vanguardia
Crushing/agglomerating plant and heap leach pumping station
Basic and detailed engineering
Mechanical & Piping
Civil & Structural
Electrical
Instrumentation & Control
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Projects
Verification analysis of the Stacker Design by Thyssen-Krupp and design of its foundation
system
Xstrata Copper Peru – Antapaccay Project
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Projects
Xstrata Copper Peru – Antapaccay Project
Verification of foundation design and evaluation of maximum differential settlements. Primary
Crusher.
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Clients
MINERA TRITON S.A. Argentina (Pan American Silver). Complete mechanical, electrical and
civil/structural engineering of silver & gold Manantial Espejo mining plant. Basic & detail
engineering.
MINERA TRITON S.A. Argentina (Pan American Silver). Assistant services and construction
management at Manantial Espejo mining plant.
MINERA AGUILAR S.A. Argentina. Stress analysis in tunnel rocks.
BARRICK-GOLD - Veladero Mine. Argentina. Structural (seismic and gravitational loads)
Engineering of the primary crusher building.
BARRICK GOLD – Veladero Plant Argentina: structural engineering of the secondary crusher
buildings.
BARRICK GOLD – Veladero Plant Argentina: structural retrofit of screen tower and vibration
mitigation.
BARRICK GOLD – Veladero Plant Argentina: upgrade of screen tower, mechanical and
structural engineering
CERRO VANGUARDIA SA. Argentina. New pumping system for tails.
SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORP. Engineering for hygienic gases emissions control at Ilo Plant
CERRO VANGUARDIA LTD. Argentina. Flotation line. Piping, mechanical, electrical and
structural engineering.
MINAS BUENAVENTURA. Peru. Development of CAPEX and OPEX for a new gold and silver
mine.
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Clients
MINERA ALUMBRERA LTD. Argentina. (Xstrata Copper) Moving crusher system. Conceptual,
basic and detail mechanical and structural engineering.
MINERA ALUMBRERA LTD. Argentina. Fourth grinding line, mechanical and structural
engineering (basic and detailed).
MINERA ALUMBRERA LTD. Argentina. Precast concrete tunnel over reclaim belt conveyor
(200m long). Structural design (conceptual, basic and detail engineering).
MINERA ALUMBRERA LTD. Argentina. Structural design of water tower.
MINERA ALUBMRERA LTD. Argentina. Retrofit analysis and design of reinforcements of the
stacker structure supporting the main convenyor
MINERA ALUMBRERA LTD. Argentina. Pebbles line. Mechanical and structural re-design to
solve operation inefficiency of the original design (made by others).
MINERA ALUMBRERA LTD. Argentina. 1,200 Ton. Lime silo structural and foundation
engineering (conceptual, basic and detail engineering).
MINERA ALUMBRERA LTD. Argentina. 1,200 Ton. Lime silo mechanical engineering of the
loading and unloading system.
MINERA ALUMBRERA LTD. Argentina. Retrofit structural analysis of the damaged primary
crusher structure and reinforcement solution (basic and detail engineering).
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Clients
AGUA RICA Argentina. Prefeasibility study to evaluate the use of the secondary grinding and
tail facilities of Minera Alumbrera Ltd. This study included mechanical, electrical and civil
engineering for the crushing, and transport systems.
COMPAÑÍA MINERA DISPUTADA DE LOS CONDES. Chile. Chagres expansion project.
Mechanical, electrical and structural engineering.
CIA. MINERA NEVADA, Chile (Barrick Gold), Lime and limestone plant for Pascua lama project,
conceptual and basic engineering.
ERNEST HENRY MINE. Xstrata Copper Australia. Design of reinforcements on the main
thickener structure to resolve severe damages.
MINERA IRL – Argentina. Feasibility study, conceptual and basic engineering.
CIA. MINERA CARMEN DE ANDACOLLO (TECK COMINCO), Chile. Seismic review and design
criteria revision of foundation of 1 x sag mill and 2 x ball mill for the hypogenous project.
MINERA ESPERANZA (ANTOFAGASTA MINERALS PLC), Chile. Seismic review and design criteria
revision of foundation of 1 x SAG mill and 2 x ball mill for the Esperanza project.
Replacement of dryer #5, Chuquicamata smelter (Codelco). Conceptual engineering along with
Kumera Oy.
PRECO2 Project (Codelco). Tailings recovery flotation plant. Basic engineering review, detail
engineering and construction assistance.
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Clients
FMC LITHIUM, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Argentina. Low sodium lithium chloride brine Project.
Process, civil, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation & control conceptual and basic
engineering.
CERRO VANGUARDIA (ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI), Argentina. Basic and detailed engineering for
heap leach and grinding plant for 285 tph.
XSTRATA COPPER – Argentina: equalization of Rougher cells. Piping and mechanical
engineering.
XSTRATA COPPER – Peru: Design of the Truck Shop for the Antapaccay Project, Tintaya
Expansion.
XSTRATA COPPER – Peru. Design of the following buildings of the Antapaccay Project, Tintaya
Expansion: recuperated water tank; emergency tank; tank for thickener distribution; reactive
plant.
XSTRATA COPPER – Peru: Verification and optimization of the structural design of the Primary
Crusher foundation system for the Antapaccay Project, Tintaya Expansion .
XSTRATA COPPER – Peru: Mechanical, electrical and structural design of the truck-shop.
Antapaccay Project, Tintaya Expansion.
CEMTEC-PFEIFFER – Design of the ball mill foundation system for PASCUA LAMA Project by
Bechtel.
OROPLATA SA (GOLDCORP) – Design of a mine water treatment plant. Eureka mine.
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Contact Us
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Eng. Chris Hayman
General Manager SAXUM Eng. LLC.
Cell: +1 972.876.0584
Eng. Pablo Santamartina
Commercial Manager