Our Jujuy operational hub has commissioned an additional pond circuit, lifting concentrate throughput while cutting freshwater draw per tonne.
The second expansion phase at our Jujuy operations went live this quarter, adding a further evaporation circuit and a reworked brine transfer network across the high-altitude plateau. The build was sequenced around the dry season so that no existing circuit had to be taken offline.
Throughput at the site now supports a materially larger concentrate programme without increasing the operational footprint. The redesigned transfer network recirculates process water between circuits, reducing freshwater draw per tonne of product — a metric our regional teams report on monthly alongside safety and uptime.
The expansion was delivered by the same team that handles engineering oversight at the site, with capital structured in-house. That alignment is deliberate: technical decisions and funding decisions were made in the same room, which shortened the approval cycle for equipment substitutions when lead times moved.
Commissioning is complete and the circuit is now in steady-state operation. Performance data from the first full cycle will inform the design of a third phase currently under evaluation.