Engineers Specialized in Hydrometallurgical Projects

CHK-ING is a company dedicated to engineering development, focused on the Mining Industry. Since its formation in 2015, it has been part of important projects related to mining, which have contributed to build our team of professionals. Today, we have concentrated our efforts and knowledge in hydrometallurgical projects, delivering high skills and specialty to our clients through our engineering and project management services, thus facilitating the constructability, operability and maintainability of projects.

Vision

Being an engineering and project management company, recognized for its technical skills to deliver high value specialized solutions for its clients, promoting its collaborators and strategic partners development.

Mission

Contribute to the development of high value projects for our clients, sharing our knowledge and experience in engineering and project management.

Why CHK-ING

At CHK-ING we have expert professionals in hydrometallurgy, with vast experience, who have participated in the design, engineering, construction, start-up and operation of important mining plants in Chile.

Our knowledge in construction and operation allows us to design and intervene the engineering in a timely manner with a focus on constructability, operability and safety in the design, avoiding or mitigating unnecessary costs in the execution stage of the project.

Specialty in hydrometallurgy

Highly experienced professionals

Focus on constructability and operability

Adaptability and agility in response

Certifications

Experts

Sergio Aguilera Bustamante

Sergio Aguilera Bustamante is a Civil Industrial Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, with 30 years of experience in projects for Mining and Industry. In his professional career, his performance at Amec (now Wood) stands out, leading important projects for BHP, Codelco, Copec and Endesa, where his experience in constructability was a relevant contribution. He has dedicated more than 10 years to Hydrometallurgy, where he has led throughput increase in Crushing, Agglomeration and Stacking areas, in addition to having actively participated in four Chloride Leaching projects.

Guillermo Kelly Millán

Guillermo Kelly Millán is a Metallurgical Engineer from the Universidad de Concepción, with 40 years of experience in the Mining Industry for different base metals. In his professional career, his performance in important mining operations for BHP and Codelco stands out, as well as the Engineering company Amec (now Wood), where he led the processes area for important projects of clients such as Codelco, BHP, Freeport McMoran and CAP Minería among others. In his professional career, he has dedicated more than 20 years to hydrometallurgy, where he has designed and optimized different processes of well-known mining plants, such as Lomas Bayas, Centinela, Los Bronces, Cerro Colorado and Franke, among others.

Nicolás Meynet Ballocchi

Nicolás Meynet Ballocchi, belonging to our associated company Balmey, is a Mechanical Engineer from the Universidad de Concepción, with 18 years of experience in the Mining and Oil & Gas Industry. During the time he worked at Fluor company, he participated as a specialist in important Large Mining projects, such as Pascua Lama, Sierra Gorda and Quellaveco. In his professional career, he has designed and reviewed projects related to Chloride Leaching, Solutions Management, and materiality evaluation for important clients, such as BHP, Anglo American and KGHM among others.

José Miguel Gaete

José Miguel Gaete is a Civil Engineer from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile, with 20 years of experience in Mining and Industrial projects. In his professional career, his performance in emblematic projects stands out, such as the development and construction of lines 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Santiago Metro, the El Trebal water treatment plant, as well as important projects for BHP and Anglo American. He has dedicated more than 15 years to hydrometallurgy, where he has led the design and repair of several process pools, in addition to leading the Civil discipline of chloride leaching projects for BHP, Anglo American and KGHM.

Raúl Mandiola

Raúl Mandiola is a Civil Industrial Engineer with a Mechanical Mention, graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has more than 14 years of experience, during which he has been leading engineering, manufacturing and assembly as a Project Manager, mainly for the Mining Industry. In his career, his leadership in services for important mining corporations, including Anglo American, KGHM and BHP, stand out, as well as his participation in the SGO Project, where he led a multidisciplinary team to provide support in the bidding, allocation and control of different packages related to the early works of the project. In addition, he led the project "Engineering for Improvements in the 2nd Agglomeration Line”, for BHP.