The Norway Post
Rollei Solhom

Norwegian engineering company Aker Solutions has been awarded the detailed engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services on the Toromocho Project for Minera Chinalco Peru S.A.
The contract value to Aker Solutions is approximately USD 143 million.
The Toromocho mine site will become one of Peru's largest copper mines in 2012. Aker Solutions also previously completed the feasibility study and basic engineering for this project.
The Toromocho Project is a mining and processing ore facility located approximately 140 km east of Lima, in the Morococha District in central Peru.
The project requires the development of a large open pit mine, followed by ore processing at a rate of 117,200 tonnes per day, to produce copper concentrates. The location elevations range is from 4 500 to 5 000 metres above sea level.
Toromocho is expected to produce 225,000 tonnes of copper annually. In addition, silver will be recovered in the copper concentrate and molybdenum tri-oxide will be produced as a valuable by-product of the processing.
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