The new CIL expansion at the mine at Taror being built alongside the existing plant.

CBS expands the Taror mill

Bateman Americas, Denver, is engaged in providing the on-site construction management services for the second phase of the expansion of the milling capacity at Taror mine, Tajikistan.

This contract from Commonwealth British Services Limited (CBS) includes the basic and detailed engineering for the detoxification of the tailings received from the discharge of the CIL (carbon-in-leach) safety screen, the design of a reclaim water system for a new tailings storage area and conversion of the existing Como elution circuit to a pressure Zadra circuit. BATEMAN will also be evaluating and recommending an ozone generation plant for installation at the site and a column leach testing programme will be conducted on-site.

BATEMAN's involvement in the project commenced in late 1994 with gathering data at the CBS Taror and Jilau mines for bankable feasibility studies which were completed early in 1996.

The Taror mill was originally designed by the Soviets as a twin stream facility consisting of milling, flotation and filtration with the concentrates shipped to an off-site smelter. The facility was never completed and became non-operational when the Russians left Tajikistan. At the time BATEMAN became involved only one stream was operating, well below capacity. The first phase of the work consisted of upgrading the mill to its designed rating of 90 ton/h. The second phase, as described above, will rebuild the second stream to increase production to 200 ton/h.

More information may be obtained by contacting Pieter du Plessis, Managing Director, Minerals, at +27-11-899-2954
or email pietdup@batepro.co.za.

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