Construction of the crusher house. The civil work for the crusher house and retaining walls is in progress. The apron feeder has been installed and construction of the tunnel below the crusher is complete.

The main process building.
The regrind mill has been erected and ball mill erection is in progress. The civil work for the sag mill is nearing completion, and sheeting of the mill and flotation building has commenced. The two electrical overhead travelling cranes for the mill and flotation buildings have been erected and are operating on a temporary power supply.

The tailings thickener and pump house foundations. Both the iron and zinc concentrate thickeners have been installed with their rakes, while the civil work on the tailings thickener is in the final stage, with its mechanism ready to be installed.

The zinc concentrate stockyard under construction.

The coarse ore transfer conveyors. The tunnel for the coarse ore stockpile is complete with four of the five feeders already installed. The Larox building structure has been completed and the filter cake shed structure is nearing completion.

Hindustan Zinc expansion nears completion

The 1.25 million t/yr zinc concentrator expansion of Hindustan Zinc Limited’s zinc and lead beneficiation plant at Rampur Agucha Mines Bilwara, in Rajasthan State, India is at an advanced stage of completion.

The detailed engineering and equipment supply phases are complete and site construction and erection work is in full swing on this lump-sum turnkey (LSTK) contract which was awarded to Bateman Engineering in 2006. A labour force of approximately 1,500 is currently on site, with pre-assembly of mechanical equipment being carried out in the lay-down area while the civil and structural work is being completed.

The expansion involves procurement and commissioning of new equipment to be installed adjacent to the existing plant and will increase the processing capacity to about 4.75 million t/yr of ore. The approximately USD35 million contract is the first major contract to have been awarded to Bateman Engineering in India, and followed the opening of the Group’s Bateman India division in Bangalore, India in 2006.

Part of the Vedanta Group, Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) is India’s only integrated zinc company, operating from mine to finished metal. It is a leading producer of refined zinc and lead in India.

For further information please contact Dinesh Kumar Khare, Managing Director, Bateman India on +91-80-2658-3683 / 94 or email dinesh.khare@BatemanEngineering.co.in.

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