SPCC is 54.2 per cent owned by Grupo Mexico, the world's third largest copper producer. The new 3760 metric tonnes per day capacity acid plant is required to capture the off-gases from the smelter which is also being modernised as part of the Ilo site's overall environmental compliance with Peruvian plant emission regulations.
The project will be managed from Chemetics' office in Vancouver, Canada, where it will also carry out the majority of the engineering. Chemetics will be supported by other Aker Kvaerner companies including KPSA and Aker Kvaerner Industrial Constructors (AKIC), who will manage site construction.
Following a rigorous tendering process that included competition from the world's leading acid plant contractors, SPCC selected Chemetics to supply the acid plant, based on evaluated technical and commercial merits, plus the excellent working relationship that has existed between the two companies, ever since Chemetics supplied the first acid plant at the Ilo site in 1995.
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