KGHM's Sierra Gorda project 91% complete
Poland’s copper and silver mining giant KGHM has announced the completion of a new stage of its Sierra Gorda project in Chile. The company said that after pre-stripping was finished, the project is 91-percent complete.
The pre-stripping process involved the removal of 192 million of materials, including waste, sulfide ore and oxide ore.
Deputy CEO Jarosław Romanowski said that the company expects to launch production in the Sierra Gorda mine within the next few months. The launch will be followed by a ramp-up period, which will last throughout the second half of 2014.
