When only the best will do

Putting in place a water management strategy for a big mining project is no easy task; so the call went out to Pinnacle Hire.

Pinnacle Hire has made a name for itself as an agile hire business focused on providing advanced dewatering, pumping and water treatment solutions to the infrastructure, civil construction, mining and quarry sectors.

Among its most recent successes has been a major expansion assignment in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

A mine site in the area had embarked on a significant project to establish a new run-ofmine pad and primary crushing facility, which required extensive water management solutions to sustain high-grade iron ore processing.

Pinnacle Hire, renowned for its water treatment expertise, was selected to tackle this challenge.

Pinnacle Senior Dewatering Engineer Myles Martin explained that the customer processed 25 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of highgrade iron ore.

"The site includes various critical infrastructure elements like an Overland Conveyor (OLC), Heavy Vehicle (HV) and Light Vehicle (LV) roads, and a construction village," he said.

"To sustain and enhance its operations, our customer required a reliable and efficient water management system to support its bulk earthworks and other construction activities."

The primary challenge for the Pilbara project was ensuring a consistent and adequate water supply for construction purposes, particularly for bulk earthworks.

The project required about 1.9 million kilolitres of water over its duration, with peak daily demands reaching 7-8m litres.

The site also needed robust infrastructure to manage water quality and distribution, critical for pavement construction and dust suppression.