Case Study: Freeport-McMoRan

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Freeport-McMoran

Background to the challenge

Freeport-McMoRan is the world’s largest producer of molybdenum. They are also a significant gold, oil and natural gas producer.

The company operates large, geographically-diverse assets with significant reserves of natural resources. As an international leader in mining and natural resources, Freeport-McMoRan has developed corporate environmental policies to minimise their environmental impact.

The problem

In line with their environmental policies, Freeport-McMoRan needed to upgrade a heavy vehicle wash pad to meet standards. Oily water with high levels of solids was being discharged to a mine site creek – their 10,000L coalescing plate separator was constantly breaking down.

Freeport-McMoRan approached Cleanawater to supply a more effective solution. Oily water would need to be treated effectively before being discharged – an upgraded system that would separate oils and solids from wash water would be required. As water cannons were used to wash down equipment, a high-flow, low-maintenance and automated solution would be ideal.

The solution

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Cleanawater's hydrocyclone oil water separator was the ideal solution.

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What Cleanawater did

Cleanawater reviewed key site information and discharge standards. As a result, we identified a hydrocyclone oil water separator as the ideal solution.

So we installed our DEOIL20 unit which is capable of processing 20,000L of water per hour. We coupled the skid-mounted, self-installed system with a floating oil skimmer in the wash pad sump. This would remove oils, grease, hydrocarbons to 10 parts per million.

Benefits

Low-cost water treatment solution
Immediate return against water disposal costs
Significant saving on oil separator repair costs
Enabled Freeport-McMoRan to meet Environmental Duty of Care
Zero downtime during install
Low maintenance requirements

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Cleanawater's end-to-end process

Step 1

Process Development

Cleanawater's project engineers confirm all site parameters, commence design and process evaluations on specific requirements for your waste water treatment plant works.

Step 2

Conceptual Modelling

Conceptual 3D models, predictive flow and performance analysis models are tested prior to manufacturing a site's waste treatment system.

Step 3

Manufacturing

We update the design briefs and create build drawings before manufacturing and commissioning at our Melbourne facility.

Step 4

Installation

The Cleanawater team complete water waste management installation and commissioning on site – without disrupting your operations.

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