En hållbar lösning för ett massa- och pappersbruk
KGHM Polska Miedź SA – is one of the largest copper and silver producers in the world. The raw materials base of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. includes the copper ore deposit, which is the largest in Europe and one of the biggest in the world. The mining areas of the size of approx. 470 km2 were created for the purpose of its mining.
KGHM has in place its own integrated production structure, which includes three mines (ZG „Lubin”, ZG „Rudna”, ZG „Polkowice-Sieroszowice”), three copper smelters („Głogów", „Legnica”, „Cedynia”), and branches supporting the core activity (Ore Enrichment Facilities. Hydrotechnical Facility). The Hydrotechnical Facility is responsible for storage and management of the waste created during the production process. The basic tasks of the Facility are related to the water-sludge management of three Ore Enrichment Facilities, which conduct the copper ore mining output enrichment operations under a flotation method. The post-flotation waste is a slurry, which is transported via pipelines to Żelazny Most tailings pond. The solid phase sedimentation process takes place at the storage facility and the cleaned water is collected and re-directed to the Ore Enrichment Facilities.
Beginning of cooperation
The first deliveries of PEHD pipelines for slurry transport - d.800 PN12,5 – were executed by Uponor Infra (former KWH Pipe) in 2000. PBH Odra 2 was the contractor in this investment. This investment concerned crossing of the over under the submerging method. The length of the submerged section was 168 m.
Another interesting investment executed at Hydrotechnical Facility concerned the delivery of pipelines d.710mm SDR17,6 for Pebeka S.A. This investment concerned renovation of steel slurry pipeline d.813mm with the use of PEHD pipe under the long relining method. The longest section of the pipeline inserted under a single operation was 1000m.This was a record, which allowed the Contractor to receive Limbur award in category: Project of year 2002 - Renovation.
Polyethylene proven in harsh environments
In 2008, Uponor Infra took part in an interesting modernisation project involving an existing polyethylene pipeline, which had to be replaced due to an increase in slurry production. The DN/OD 500 mm pipeline was replaced by a new 2.5 km double DN/OD 900 mm pipeline and installed above ground level on existing steel supports. When KGHM inspected the dismantled, 10 year-old pipeline, it found that the pipe bore little signs of use. Paweł Pill of Uponor Infra, project manager in the Industrial Sales Department, who was present at the inspection, confirms that the pipeline was as good as new, with no visible signs of wear. “Even the inner welding beads were intact while in the same period of time the steel and concrete pipelines experienced numerous glitches,” he says. This proved that polyethylene is the optimal choice for conveying highly abrasive mining waste at KGHM.
Further investments – futher kilometres of pipes
The biggest investment at Hydrotechnical Facility was executed jointly with Tolos from Żory in 2009. It concerned laying of the double line of PEHD pipelines of following parameters:
Investment executed during the years 2014-2015 included the delivery of pipelines d.1250 SDR17 PN10 (approx. 1,5 km) and d.1290 SDR13,6 PN12,5 (approx. 3km).
Versatility of the PE-HD technology
KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. is a company operating on a huge scale, and as such it expects efficiency, innovation and top technological solutions. The projects carried out over the years by Uponor Infra and Hydrotechnical Facility confirm the highest quality and versatility of the PE-HD technology. Uponor Infra has proven itself to be a reliable partner, ready to listen and assist in making even the most demanding engineering projects work.
Investor:
KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.
Contactors:
PBH ODRA 2
PeBeKa S.A. - Lubin
PPHU Zachód Sp. z o.o. – Polkowice
P.P.U. „MONT -INSTAL” Sp. z o.o. – Polkowice
Arkop Sp. z o.o. - Wrocław
P.B.M TOLOS Sp.J.- Żory
Öresundkrafts utbyggnad av fjärrkylcentralen i Helsingborg med intag av havsvatten ger väsentligt bättre miljövärden jämfört med kyla producerad med eldrivna kylmaskiner.
New dry land fish farm which will produce 3,200 tonnes of rainbow trout annually is being build in Eckerö in the Åland Islands. Uponor Infra has provided design assistance and delivers the pipes and is responsible for their installation and welding.
The technological pipelines transporting the brine washed out during the construction of underground gas storage facility followed by its discharge into the Puck Bay.
Weholite technology was used for the construction of a penstock (water transmission pipeline) for a new small hydro power plant in the city of Cieszyn.
For almost 20 years, Uponor Infra has assisted the Polish mining conglomerate KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. in modernising Europe’s largest tailings pond.
Uponor Infra has been delivering for the last dozen or so years the PEHD systems for surface drainage of brown coal mine
Slotted drainage VipLiner module made by Uponor Infra has been chosen to build a drainage system for heat and power station of Gdynia.