Smoke extraction shaft

Chuquicamata

Chile

• Construction company: Strabag - Edilmac Desarrollos Verticales SpA
• Building owner: Codelco Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile
• Construction time RSB: April 2022 – still in construction
• Dimensions:
  Cylinder: 8,0 m diameter / 42,0 m height
  
• Special features:
  

  In the world's largest copper mine in the Chilean mountains, mining is being moved underground. The 42 m deep shaft required for smoke extraction/ventilation is climbed in sections with a 3 m high steel formwork without a crane or additional equipment.

  A challenge, high up in the mountains - yet deep down!