The industrial processes completed in the facilities of the Cliffs Natural Resources mining company in Pointe-Noire discharge effluents containing iron particles. Within a context of sustainable development and environmental protection, corrective work projects and other related environmental projects were mandated and executed.
| Client’s name Cliffs Natural Resources |
| Total cost of the project 22 M$ |
| Project delivery methods Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) |
| Region Sept-Iles, Pointe-Noire |
Nature of the services
- Studies and analyses of the site effluents
- Development of a red water interception plan and a red water treatment plan
- Simultaneous engineering and construction with an integrated design approach
- Preliminary and final plan and specification designs for the overall work
- Management of procurement and contracts
- General contracting and management of construction
- Monitoring services
- Commissioning
- Development of maintenance and operations manuals
| − | Quality control and assurance |
| − | Inspection during the construction phase |
| − | Environmental monitoring |
Specificities of the project
- Integration of 6 pumping stations over 3 storeys more than 6 metres deep for red water transportation
- Integration of a sewage system to channel the water into a single effluent
- Integration of a red water treatment plant
- Integration of an electrical power system for the pumping stations and red water treatment plant
- Initiation of an environmental study to reuse the bunker
- Initiation of the valorization of contaminated soils
- Sediment characterization analysis.