Customer: TJC Joint Venture
Owner: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD
Location: Mindanao, Philipines
Material Standard: Chinese GB
Fabrication Code: AISC & AWS D1.1
Tonnage: 2,129 metric ton
Duration: Feb.2011~Nov.2011
USSL Project No.: 8960
Project Description:
The Taganito Project involved JGC constructing an HPAL smelting plant for processing low-grade nickel ore into nickel metal. The plant is located in the Taganito region on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. This plant includes two massive 1000-ton autoclaves (reactors) for leaching the low-grade nickel ore.
For the process to work, the insides of the autoclave must achieve extremely high temperature and pressure to elute the nickel particles through a reaction with sulfuric acid, and construction of equipment to meet these specifications requires highly advanced technological capability.JGC was chosen for receipt of this contract based on the client’s trust in diverse engineering technology and construction expertise, cultivated through many years of experience creating plants for oil refining, gas, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, nuclear power, and other fields.