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Mina Pierina

Project Highlights:

  • Diseño de Ingeniería
  • Manejo de agua

Mina Pierina de Barrick Gold Corporation ubicada en el Departamento de Ancash, Perú inició sus operaciones en 1998. Un plan de recuperación y cierre progresivo comenzó en el 2013. Entre el 2015 - 2016, Tierra Group desarrolló diseños de ingeniería de detalle para canales, retención de sedimentos, dos pozas de sedimentación de 45,000 m³, estructuras de disipación de energía de aguas superficiales, y un sistema automatizado mecánico-eléctrico de bombeo de agua y sedimentos.

Project Highlights:

  • Diseño de Ingeniería
  • Manejo de agua

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