CSA Mines
Capital Estimate Proposal - Backfill Plant
Preparation of a ± 30%
cost estimate proposal for the design and construction of
a 40tph Cemented Hydraulic Fill plant to supply backfill material
to an underground mining operation.
Peak Gold Mines Pty Ltd (Rio Tinto)
Debottlenecking evaluation.
Detailed site investigation for gold
processing plant debottlenecking to expand plant capacity
from 65tph to 85tph.
WMC Fertilizers Ltd
Gypsum Handling and Stacking System
Design engineer for a 354tph Gypsum Handling
and Stacking system as part of the Queensland Fertilizer Project,
Phosphate Hill, Qld. The Gypsum Handling and Stacking system
was a hybrid dry transport/reslurrying/wet stacking system
for the storage of gypsum waste product from the Phosphoric
Acid Plant.
Responsibilities included mass balance and
P&ID development, control philosophy, construction scope
of works and development of commissioning and operating and
maintenance manuals for the facility. Site role included precommissioning
and trouble shooting of overland conveyor system.
ABB-Clough Joint Venture
Phosphoric Acid Plant Cooling Tower System
Design engineer for 5760m3/hr
cross flow, induced draft, acid water cooling tower system
as part of the Phosphoric Acid plant at WMC Fertilizers Ltd
Phosphate Hill project. Responsible for the initial capital
cost estimate proposal, mass balance and P&ID development,
piping and valve design, HAZOP, liaison with international
technology supplier, co-ordination with client and overall
mechanical design responsibility within a multi-discipline
design team.
Nords Australex Nominees Pty Ltd and Straits
Mining Pty Ltd
Tritton Copper Project Bankable Feasibility Study
Preparation of a bankable feasibility study
for 600,000tpa copper concentrate flotation treatment plant.
Responsibilities included sizing and detailed technical specification
of mechanical equipment including crushing circuit equipment,
SAG mill, ball mill, flotation cells, vacuum disc filter,
thickeners and all associated equipment for flotation circuits.
Preparation of a ±
30% feasibility study for 1.1Mtpa copper concentrate flotation
treatment plant.
Southern Cross Resources
Honeymoon Uranium Project - Demonstration Plant
Recommissioning
Precommissioning and commissioning of firewater
pump system for a 115tpa demonstration in-situ-leach solvent
extraction/strip/precipitation uranium peroxide plant.
Allstate Explorations Ltd
Beaconsfield Mine Joint Venture
Stockpile Conveyor Project
Project Manager, design engineer and construction
manager for a 200tph/1400mm wide belt conveyor, stockpile
and haul road installation to haul ROM ore and mullock from
the shaft hoist to a 1000 tonne stockpile and onwards to treatment
plant. Responsible for all project, contracts, procurement,
design, construction and commissioning activities.
Normandy Operations Pty Ltd (Pajingo Joint Venture Operations)
Pajingo Mill Expansion - Stage 1 Study
Detailed site investigation/audit,
discussion with operation personnel and detailed review of
plant equipment records followed by mechanical design review
to identify plant bottle necks and determine potential for
tonnage throughput upgrade for a 26tph gold ore treatment
plant. Various upgrade tonnage throughputs were investigated
from 26tph to 70tph, plant restrictions were identified for
each case followed by recommendation of plant upgrade options
to overcome bottlenecks.
WMC Fertilizers Ltd
Queensland Fertilizer Project Beneficiation Plant
Preparation of LSTK estimate proposal for
300tph phosphate rock crushing, washing, milling and slurry
storage, beneficiation plant. Sizing and detailed technical
and commercial specification of mechanical equipment including
primary jaw and secondary cone crushers, vibrating and apron
feeders, 3.2MW wet overflow ball mill, drum scrubber, screens,
cyclones, thickeners, slurry pumps, agitators, belt conveyors,
platework and other associated equipment.
Harrison Gray - Loss Adjustors and
Consultants
Mt. Cuthbert Copper Project Aluminium Bus
Bar Design Review
Independent review of design drawings, failure report
and failure photographs of a failed 22,000 Amp aluminium bus
bar system as part of a SX/EW copper plant. Detailed report
and assessment of the suitability for purpose of the design
and provision of comments as to the probable cause of failure.
Specific investigation into bus bar design including material
selection, joint design, jointing procedure and ampacity.
Rio Tinto
Research and Technology Development
Las Cruces Copper Project - Pilot Plant
Design Engineer for SX/EW copper pilot
plant. Design of mixer settlers and hydraulic calculations
to determine agitator performance criteria.
Tiomin Resources Inc.
Synthetic Rutile Plant Study Update
Prefeasibility study update for a
synthetic rutile plant.
Queensland Magnesia (Operations) Pty
Ltd
Deadburn Expansion Project - Stage 1
Project site engineer and design engineer for the
design, and construction and commissioning of a 40,000tpa
expansion of a calcined
magnesia processing plant.
Project site engineering responsibilities
included ensuring contractor and vendor compliance with contracts
and specifications, tendering and supervision of site related
works, inspections and QA of contractor and vendor supplied
equipment, expediting, liaison with client and provision of
technical and project support to site engineering personnel.
Design responsibilities included design,
specification and tendering of belt conveyors and specification
and tendering of mechanical equipment including vibrating
feeders, pumps, platework and bins.
Sardinia Gold Mines SpA
Furtei Gold Project, Sardinia
460,000tpa heap leach/CIL/flotation, gold
and copper concentrate processing plant. Responsibilities
included pipe sizing, pump and valve specification.
Cloncurry Mining Company NL
Great Australia Project
Construction, precommissioning and commissioning
engineer for 5,500tpa heap leach SX/EW copper plant.
Pancontinental Resources (Base Metals)
Pty Ltd
Lady Loretta Feasibility Study
Belt conveyor sizing, pump and pipe sizing, various
equipment enquiries for bankable feasibility study for a 530,000tpa
lead/zinc processing plant.
Boyne Smelters Limited
Maintenance Strategy Development - Spent Potlining Project
Development of pro-active maintenance
strategies for the Calcine Treatment Plant as part of an aluminium
smelter spent potline material treatment plant using RCM methodology.
Zeneca Specialties
SX/EW pilot plants
Cost estimation and ±
30% feasibility study for various solvent extraction plants
for export.
