EUROPE NEWS
wiredInUSA - January 2012
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Nexans has supplied power, control and
instrumentation cables from its specialized
Powermine
®
range for Chinalco’s new
Mount Toromocho open-cast copper
mine in Peru. In cooperation with Anixter
USA, the distribution partner for this
project, Nexans provided over 1,200km
of cables to the Aker/Jacobs Engineering
turnkey EPC (engineering procurement
and construction) contractor for the
mine, scheduled to begin production
in 2012.
The Nexans facility in Canada will
supply 1,000km of power, control and
instrumentation cables of the type
THNN, XHHW, Ultra-VN, Ultrex-XL and
Firex. These cables comply with USA
Type National Electric Code (NEC)
specifications. Nexans Chile is supplying
200km of 5kV and 15kV medium-voltage
(MV) flexible rubber jacketed power
cables.
“The key to our success in the face
of stiff competition was the excellent
cooperation with Anixter, so that
together we demonstrated our ability
to provide the EPC with a complete,
high quality, cost-effective solution
that met all their needs for both the
fixed and mobile cable requirements,”
said Gilbert Guerrero, regional sales
manager, cross-sales, Nexans North
America. “A further advantage was
the capability delivered by the Nexans
teams based in Chile, since this project
called for special packaging methods
in order to ensure the secure and safe
delivery of cables to a very remote
site in good condition and ready
to be installed and energized.”
Delivery of Nexans cables to the
Toromocho mine project began
in August 2011 and was due to be
completed by the end of the year.
Specialized mine cables
