At the recent 2023 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Denver, Colorado, Derrick Corporation announced a strategic alliance with Groupe Industries Fournier and Sepro Mixing & Pumping, of which more details have now emerged. Derrick told IM that the partnership was assembled to help optimise new and existing customer operations, providing a one-stop solution for gold CIL/CIP processing plants worldwide.

Derrick says customers will gain access to an exclusive suite of products and services, including engineering design, tanks, mixing and pumping equipment, and urethane interstage screens. Derrick offers its clients leading-edge solutions and around-the-clock, award-winning service to maximise separation efficiency.

Derrick’s products are renowned for their rugged reliability in industries known for intensely challenging environments and ever-evolving demands. Its gold processing solutions for CIL/CIP circuits include trash screens, G-Vault urethane interstage screens, carbon sizing screens, dewatering screens, tails safety screens, and other processing stages. Its latest innovation is its Trilogy™ advanced screening system for increased gold recovery. Trilogy is composed of individual thermoplastic components that may be assembled into various configurations for added flexibility.

Sepro is Canada’s largest supplier of mineral processing and aggregate equipment. The core of Sepro’s industrial mixing and pumping knowledge comes from years of troubleshooting and problem-solving. Sepro personnel have travelled the world identifying and solving some of the world’s most complicated mixing problems with its agitator impellers, including in cyanide leaching circuits.

For its part, Fournier Industries Group has a specialised team that operates in water treatment, mining, aluminum smelters, hydroelectric rehabilitation, and in heavy industrial markets. “They are recognised for excellence in integrated design, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance services for their mechanical equipment.”