The project Vale, a world leader in iron ore mining and distribution, wanted to build a distribution facility in Lumut, Malaysia, with a capacity to handle 200 million tonnes of iron ore per annum. Keller was awarded a design and build contract for the foundation of the iron ore facility. The challenge The main challenge was to design a treatment solution to support the 19m high iron ore stockpile and a foundation system for the stacker/reclaimer. The contract milestones were critical. Given the loads, the soft soils were expected to exhibit signicant settlement and deformation. Vale Malaysia iron ore facilityThe solution Keller provided a turnkey design, construction and monitoring solution, executing the works within the time schedule. The stockpile and stacker/reclaimer berm were treat

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