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ina at the beginning of the year. This new contract is proof of trust in Siemens as provider of sustainable

service solutions, says Julio Bugueo, Siemens Service Manager from Chile and the customers contract partner. It is very well one

of the most comprehen- sive maintenance contacts in the mining industry worldwide, which depends on an on-site workforce of around

8 peo - ple. The contract volume is 1 mil - lion and it also encompasses main-tenance of all mine

buildings. The Andina mine is the third Codelco mine for which Siemens has taken over maintenance for the tech-Siemens Chile and Peru Serving the worlds biggest producers 2nical facilities. Siemens also performs service contracts for the ore crusher and conveyor belt system as well as for the hydro-metallic facilities at the Radomiro Tomic and Minera Gaby mines, says Bugueo. In 2, new ore crusher for the sulfide copper ores excavated at Radomiro Tomic was installed as well as new conveyor belt system to transport the ore to the processing facilities in Chuquicamata. Siemens is responsible for mainten - ance of the mechanical and electrical components as well as the instrument- ation of the ore crusher and conveyor belt system. The company also per - forms the design, planning and imple-mentation of all maintenance activi-ties. Since 2, around 1 Siemens employees have been looking after the hydro-metallic facilities at the mine, including systems for leaching, solvent extraction and electrolysis.Siemens delivered drive technolo- gy as well as automation, energy dis- tribution and monitoring systems for the Los Pelambres and El Teniente mines. And for more than ten years, the company has been responsible for service and maintenance of the complete conveyor belt system, in- cluding the management of spare parts in Los Pelambres. computer- based maintenance system keeps track of agreed-upon key perfor - mance indicators in regard to the availability and dependability of the system.