Show A wards Awarding of the engineering and construction c contract for a anew anew anew new ton per day crushing ng and grinding facility part o of million expansion sion program at Utah Copper Division was announced this trus week by J. J P. P OKeefe division general manager TilE THE CONTRACT was awarded award ed to Western Knapp EngineerIng Engineer Engineer- Ing big Company of San Francisco a division of Arthur G. G McKee Company of Cleveland 0 O. It will incorporate the mos most modern modem design and process flow features in order to meet the problems of declining ore grade and increased hardness of the ore The finely ground ore produced produced pro pro- pro pro-I at the new plant will be treated in the flotation notation facilities of the present Magna and Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur Concentrators When com completed pIe t e d Kenne Kenne- cott s 5 Utah Copper Division will wil have a daily capacity of tons of ore The increase in ore capacity plus planned increases in the production of precipitate copper from mine waste wil will restore the productive capacity of the division to the level of about ten years ears ago Total cost of the new plant plan and equipment is estimated at 20 million according to B. B BSmith B B. Smith division project manager TO BE located in the Little Valley area mile south of the Magna Concentrator the new plant will occupy a acre 70 site at an elevation of about feet above sea level Site preparation for tho the new facility is scheduled d to start in October on completion of initial initial in in- jUal engineering phases The finished plant is scheduled to beI begin begin be be- I gin operating by mid I |