Treatment of mine wastewater from the past to the present, has a great importance for the continuity and efficiency of the mining sector. The quality of process water is important in the ore enrichment process. Wastewater from the ore enrichment process causes huge volumes of waste storage facilities to be built, thus causing great energy losses and environmental pollution.

As Setaş, we have engaged the system we designed for the treatment of the wastewater of the Copper Mine Tailing Storage Facility (TSF) and the reuse of the treated water in the process, at Acacia Mining Operations, located in Hanönü, Kastamonu.

At the plant, wastewater from TSF is primarily recycled through physical pre-treatment, chemical treatment, multimedia filters and reverse osmosis membrane treatment units, and used as process water in Acacia Mining Operations.

The plant was engaged with all its units in January 2022 and its  temporary acceptance was made as of 01.02.2022. The plant has been operated by Setaş experts since February 2022.