References

KGHM Cuprum undertook the planning and implementation of the Lubin-Głogow Copper Region development, our specialists designing this integrated industrial district with its own technical infrastructure, including four copper mines - Lubin, Polkowice, Rudna and Sieroszowice - along with accompanying facilities, such as machine production and repair workshops, tailings ponds and road and rail transport bases.

Non-ferrous metal mining:

• the complete design of four copper mines in the Legnica-Głogow Copper Basin, including shafts, mining panels, ventilation systems, drainage, processing plants and social and administrative buildings

• design of a copper mine and processing plant in Wushan (China)

• a technical and economic study for the mining of the Dongnan copper deposit, North Korea

• complex design of shafts for the Konkola copper mine in Zambia

• design and commissioning of the Quilinchang zinc and lead mine in China

• design of a zinc and lead mine in Nakhlak, Iran.

Salt mining:

For Wieliczka Salt Mine:

• protection of medieval passages and shafts within the cultural heritage programme

• a plan for the reconstruction of Regis shaft

• design of works aimed at reconstructing St. John's Chapel.

Hard coal mining:

• design of a model mining panel for the Czeczot coal mine

• development of a new-generation tyre for self-propelled vehicles for the Staszic coal mine

• a plan for the reconstruction of Jerzy shaft and the sinking of Kopernik shaft at the Victoria mine.

 

Underground constructions:

• design of tunnels in Iran and Algeria

• tests of tubing lining and the physical and mechanical parameters of soil in tunnel B-16 of the Metro in Warsaw.

 

Geology

Geological analysis and resource assessment for:

• the San Shi Tang copper ore deposit in Xinghai province, China

• the Cupey project (Cuba), relating to a laterite Ni-Co deposit in Moa district

• the Kolwezi copper deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• the Mufulira copper deposit in Zambia

• the Issougrid copper deposit in Antyatlas, Morocco

• the Chapada project in Brazil, relating to a Cu-Au deposit in Goias province

• the Moldova Nova copper ore deposit and Certej Mo-Au deposit in Romania

• the Re-Mo Playter deposit in Canada

• the Michiqiullay i Torromocho copper basins in Peru

• an evaluation of the options for exploration in the Torrecillas and Salavery-Copara area, Peru (Cu-Au mineralisation).

Environmental protection

• a plan for the construction and operation of Zelazny Most tailings management facility, at which 375,000,000 m³ of waste have been located to date

• methods and plans for the improvement of protective zones around mines and smelters

• an environmental monitoring system for landfills

• a life cycle assessment for waste management in the copper industry

• assessments of the environmental impact of mines and smelters

• remediation programmes for post-industrial areas, such as land destroyed by mining activity in the Mirsk community, including creation of the tourist footpath 'The Old Precious Metal Mining Trail'

• a programme of waste management for the copper industry

• an analysis of the potential for cultivation of energy crops on land adjacent to facilities of KGHM Polska Miedz S.A., along with selection of species aimed at producing bio-mass for renewable energy production and bioremediation of heavy metals

• development of a new processing method for sandstone-carbonate copper ore at KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.