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ZÜBLIN to expand world’s largest copper mine in Chile
Züblin International, a subsidiary of publicly listed construction company STRABAG, has been awarded a follow-up contract by Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, to expand El Teniente Mine in Rancagua, 80 km south of the capital Santiago de Chile. ZÜBLIN has already been carrying out extensive tunnelling works at the mine since March 2014. The new € 100 million contract will make Züblin one of the leading construction companies in underground mining in Chile.
The expansion will be carried out using the drill and blast method. Once completed, the mine will have a size of 10,320 m horizontally and 849 m vertically. The works are scheduled for completion by the end of 2016. “The main challenge in this copper mine, the largest in the world, are the seismic conditions and geologic forces,” explains Thomas Birtel, CEO of STRABAG SE.
Lifespan of mine extended by 50 years
The expansion will raise the lifespan of the mine, which has been in operation since 1904, by another 50 years. Codelco produces more than 400,000 m³ of copper at the mine every year.
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STRABAG SE is a European-based technology group for construction services, a leader in innovation and financial strength. Our services span all areas of the construction industry and cover the entire construction value chain. We create added value for our clients by our specialised entities integrating the most diverse services and assuming responsibility for them. We bring together people, materials and machinery at the right place and at the right time in order to realise even complex construction projects – on schedule, of the highest quality and at the best price. The hard work and dedication of our 73,000 employees allow us to generate an annual output volume of about € 14 billion. At the same time, a dense network of numerous subsidiaries in many European countries and, increasingly, on other continents is helping to expand our area of operation far beyond the borders of Austria and Germany. More information is available at www.strabag.com.
Stuttgart-based Ed. Züblin AG has about 14,000 employees and, with an annual output of over € 3 billion, is one of Germany’s leading construction companies. Since it was founded in 1898, ZÜBLIN has been successfully realising challenging construction projects in Germany and abroad and is the number one in the German building construction and civil engineering segment. The company’s range of services comprises all construction-related tasks – from civil engineering, bridge building and tunnelling to complex turnkey construction to structural timber engineering and public-private partnerships. ZÜBLIN attaches great importance to partnership-based cooperation, and our ZÜBLIN teamconcept has proved its value as a successful partnering model for more than 15 years now. Current construction projects of the company, a subsidiary of globally operating STRABAG SE, include the new Axel Springer building in Berlin, Messehalle 12 in Frankfurt and the Albabstieg Tunnel along the new Wendlingen–Ulm railway line. More information is available at www.zueblin.de
