Ngungaju Plant at Pilgangoora – Complete Tailings Dropper System
Pilbara Minerals were working to restart the Ngungaju Plant at their Pilgangoora operation in WA to help them process more spodumene concentrate.
As part of this restart, they needed to design and build a new tailings line.
Client
Year 2022
Commodity type Lithium
Location WA
Application Tailings line
Design engineer DRA Global

The Ngungaju team wanted a complete tailings dropper system, rather than source multiple hoses, clamps and pipe, then piece them together. They didn’t want the parts arriving on site at different times causing delays in construction.
So, in collaboration with DRA Global, they got in touch with our piping specialists. We’d worked with them before on the Pilgan Plant (the original Pilgangoora plant) so they knew we could build the entire tailings dropper system.
In our Perth facility, we manufactured 430 metres of slotted pipe and delivered it to site with the whole assembly—including 72 Slurryflex hoses and clamps for each dropper.
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