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  • Mining Applications

Mining Applications

Mining is where FRP earns its reputation — and where it fails when it's specified wrong. Sulfuric acid systems, heap leach solutions, process streams running hot with chlorides and abrasives — these environments punish every design shortcut. The difference between a 10-year system and a 40-year system is rarely the fabrication. It's the engineering decisions made before the first laminate is laid.

Mining chemical environments present unique conditions:


  • Sulfuric acid systems
  • PLS and raffinate chemistry
  • Chemical realities such as high chloride exposure
  • Elevated temperature process streams
  • UV degradation
  • Mechanical fatigue from pump cycling
  • Abrasive slurry exposure

Mining Expansion & Brownfield Capacity Planning

Mining operations often expand in phases. Existing fiberglass systems may require evaluation, duplication, or modification.


Our expansion services include:

  • Evaluation of existing FRP assets
  • Repair, retrofit and add-on tank design
  • Redundancy planning for critical systems
  • Capacity modeling for growth phases
  • Design integration with existing infrastructure


We support both early-stage feasibility planning and late-stage brownfield modification projects.

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