Mine tailings reclamation with amphibious dredge Description: The customer is an important mining company in the North of Chile. The machine is working in multiple tailings ponds of an old iodine mine in the Atacama Desert. The client requirement was very challenging: to have a machine capable of pumping back, for reprocessing, the old tailings discharged in these ponds for decades; and, in addition, to have a single equipment capable to move itself among the ponds where the water depth does not allow the use of an "standard" amphibious excavator. Since the water level in these ponds is highly variable, the costumer decided to purchase an Amphibious Dredge to work easily on any condition, even when the water level is very low. Our solution: The DRM85/160E22 is equipped with two lateral tr

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