Muga Potash Plant
Wet processing plant—basic and detailed engineering
Geoalcali Sociedad Limitada (S.L.) (owned by Highfield Resources Limited)
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Spain
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2015-2017
Projected to produce around 500,000 t/y of granular potash in first phase.
Flagship project for a new client.
Global response with multinational team.
Delivered within agreed schedule and within budget.
Challenges
- Geoalcali S.L. was looking for a partner that could meet three specific criteria: potash-specific expertise, project execution capability in execution projects (FEL 4), and bilingual capability to support a Spanish-speaking client.
Solutions
- Provided strong mineral-specific knowledge with process engineering professionals who were experienced in potash projects.
- Proposed a blended team that used Canadian, Chilean, and Colombian personnel to provide project leadership and local support, which included senior Spanish-speaking professionals.
- The project team was well integrated with Geoalcali S.L. and the teams across the globe, aligned to project objectives and committed to delivery.
- Provided highly efficient project logistics and execution to overcome the challenges of working across the globe and against the time-zone differences between Europe and the Americas.
Highlights
- Utilized global work-sharing with the offices in North and South America to achieve the desired cost and schedule goals.
- The global response model added significant value by providing potash expertise and a very competitive hourly rate.
- Of Muga's four major potash projects, this is its flagship project.
- During HAZOP and constructability workshops, a team of experts came together to optimize engineering.
“Over the life of the project, Hatch and Hatch Indisa personnel were not only very responsive but also helpful and reasonable in their approach to the many changes that occurred. I personally attribute this to the multicultural team, and to the leadership that was associated to the project. Cooperation and seeking the best outcome has always been the goal and was, in fact, the rule for this project.”
Project numbers
Around 500,000 t/y of granular potash in first phase80,000 hours of detailed engineering
20 months from basic through detailed engineering
€267 million (≈USD$315 million) total estimated project CAPEX