Gran Colombia Gold Mine

Supply and delivery of piezometric sensors for the different excavation fronts in the gold mine.Installed instruments: Supply of vibrating wire HD piezometers with ranges 1.0MPa and 3Pa with armoured cable. Wireless nodes with 5 channels for the automation of readings. Piezometer casings, blind and slotted, with 2’’ diameter

Cerrejón open-pit coal mine

Cerrejón is a large open-pit coal mine in Northern Colombia owned by Glencore. At Cerrejón, low-ash, low-sulphur bituminous coal from the Cerrejón Formation is excavated. At over 690 square kilometres the mine is one of the largest of its type, the largest in Latin America and the tenth biggest in the world. Sisgeo Latinoamerica supplied […]

Ptolemaida coal mine waste disposal – The deepest DEX installation (150 m) – Greece

This area, where the two DEX columns are installed, is an old waste rock dump site of an open pit coal mine. The depth of the waste is approximately 150 m and consists of alternating layers of silt, sand, gravels, limestone and lignite. Instruments installed:• Two QJ quick joint inclinometer columns, 150m length, with 11 […]

Hongsa Mine Mouth Power Project and Nam Louk Dam – Laos

The Hongsa Mine Mouth power project is the first and the biggest lignite-fired power plant to be developed in Lao PDR.The project is placed in Hongsa and Muang Nguen Districts of Xayaboury Province, Lao.The plant will be located on a 76.4km² concession area, which is leased for a period of 25 years.It will comprise a […]

Chuquicamata Mine (Codelco), Chile

Chuquicamata is an opencast copper mine, where a relatively poor copper ore is mined in impressive huge amounts. Modern mining and smelting technology allows the usage of such depostits at unrivaled low costs. The ore contains only between 1,13% and 1,18% metals, most of it copper, but also molybdenum and selenium in a very low […]