Archives: Comminution of minerals

Metso has signed a contract for the delivery of a new copper concentrator to be built in Kazakhstan, banking some €85 million ($90 million) in its Minerals segment’s September quarter 2023 orders received in the process. The company’s scope of delivery consists of the main process equipment for grinding, flotation and dewatering and includes HIGmill®[…]

Making the transition from an open pit mine that has been operating successfully for 30 years to an underground operation that could become one of the most mechanised and automated in the world is not something that happens overnight. De Beers Group embarked on the $2.3 billion underground expansion of its Venetia asset in Limpopo[…]

Evolution Mining has awarded a contract to GR Engineering Services Limited to complete the plant expansion works at its Mungari gold mine in Western Australia. These works, part of an engineering, procurement and construction contract, are expected to total A$155 million ($100 million) and are within the project budget and schedule as part of the[…]

When processing sulphide ores to extract copper, zinc or lead, the focus is on ensuring that the mill is always operating at full capacity. The challenge is to optimise the process by eliminating waste in the early stages and maintain a high recovery rate, TOMRA Mining says. This means that less barren or low-content rock[…]

Rio Tinto has awarded Metso an order for 10 HP Series cone crushers to be installed at the company’s Tom Price iron ore mine in Western Australia, the OEM says. This order follows the initial award of six HP series cone crushers in late 2022. The crushers in the initial order are currently being delivered[…]

FLSmidth is to deliver three Top Service Design (TSUV) gyratory crushers to a long-standing copper mining customer in South America, the OEM says. This new order allows FLSmidth to overhaul existing equipment with newer crusher technologies to boost efficiency for the company, it says. The order is valued at approximately DKK200 million ($28.3 million) and[…]

Global iron ore and base metals mining major Vale recently gave its 2023 XXIII Investor and Analyst Tour of its Northern System operations, which is its high volume iron ore hub in the state of Pará, Brazil and which includes three main mining areas: Serra Norte, Serra Leste, and S11D. It also includes its Morro do[…]

A Canadian iron ore producer has awarded Metso an order for two powerful Vertimill® 4500 grinding mills to be delivered in the September quarter of 2024. The value of the order, which exceeds €10 million ($10.6 million), has been booked in Minerals segment’s 2023 September-quarter orders received. Graham Davey, Director, Stirred Mills at Metso, said:[…]

Eldridge, Brightstar Capital Partners and Claure Group have signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Ausenco, a global integrated engineering and consulting services provider to the minerals and metals industries, and energy transition market, from Resource Capital Fund VI L.P. and other co-investors. The company’s co-founder, Zimi Meka, will remain CEO, board[…]

Metso has extended its manufacturing capacity of mobile track-mounted crushing and screening equipment in Alwar, India, by opening new manufacturing facilities. After the extension is complete, the total size of the Alwar factory is approximately 340,000 sq.m, adding 35% more capacity to the factory initially opened in 2008. The Alwar factory has become one of[…]