- 28 July 2008 -

ITT chosen to move filtered seawater at Chilean mine

ITT Corp has received a multi-million dollar contract to provide filtered seawater to a large new copper-gold mining project in Chile's Atacama Desert. The Esperanza mine will be the first large-scale mine in Chile to make use of seawater in the mining process.

As part of the project, ITT will help move treated seawater from the ocean to an elevation of 7,550 ft above sea level over a distance of 91 miles. The ITT system will employ 16 pumps to service four pumping stations, each comprising four horizontal multi-stage pumps driven by 2400 and 1800 horsepower motors.

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