Archives: Diamond mining

As open-pit mines reach their economic end of life, mine owners are considering the viability of transitioning their open-pit operations to underground. Drawing on its deep level mining expertise in South Africa, Worley helps mine owners around the world to explore the feasibility of underground life of mine extensions and identify the most efficient and[…]

A revolutionary new concept in fines scrubbing is proving to be a game changer for Ekapa Minerals at its Combined Treatment Plant (CTP) in Kimberley, South Africa. The innovation, developed by Multotec Wear Linings, is processing both virgin underground kimberlite as well as tailings for retreatment at the CTP. The solution is effectively a pulping[…]

Orange Business Services, a network-native digital services company, and De Beers Marine South Africa, a division of De Beers – the world’s leading diamond company, have jointly installed and tested a customised IoT solution to provide geofencing to maintain safe working distances for crew around the heavy machinery involved in marine diamond mining operations. The[…]

The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (the Standard) launched today, establishes the first global standard on tailings management that can be applied to existing and future tailings facilities, wherever they are and whoever operates them. Strengthening current practices in the mining industry by integrating social, environmental, local economic and technical considerations, the Standard covers[…]

TOMRA is offering diamond mining customers a guaranteed diamond recovery of greater than 98% with the use of its sensor-based ore sorting technology. The company is making this guarantee alongside a promise of 100% detection in the specified range, irrespective of luminescence profile or coating. As the company says, maximising diamond recovery while optimising costs[…]

ABB has won a contract from Damen Shipyards Group to deliver an advanced power system for Debmarine Namibia’s custom-built diamond recovery vessel. The Switzerland-based company will supply an integrated power system package that will ensure the world’s largest and most technologically advanced diamond recovery vessel meets exceptional safety, efficiency and availability requirements, it said. The[…]

ALROSA has launched a large-scale reform of its maintenance and repair operations. The project is expected to deliver RUB 3.2 billion in five years. The program covers all the company’s services directly involved in the maintenance and repair at all mining and processing divisions in Yakutia. The project implies a gradual transformation of how equipment’s[…]

As sustainable processing of the world’s natural resources is becoming a norm within industries like mining, newly formed Metso Outotec says it is actively driving the transformation. The company says: “Growing interest towards the environment and the impacts of climate change, urbanisation, decreasing ore grades and electrification are forcing traditional industries like aggregates, minerals processing[…]

There has been a lot of very general talk of a “new normal” in mining, of new ways of mines doing things during the COVID-19 pandemic – a lot of it focussed mainly on a perceived new introduction or speeding up of autonomous operations and without much detail. To get to the bottom of what[…]

Metso Corporation and Outotec Oyj have now received the remaining outstanding competition clearances for the combination of Metso’s Minerals business with Outotec through a partial demerger of Metso. Current Metso shareholders will own 78% and Outotec shareholders 22% of the combined company. Pekka Vauramo, the current Metso President and CEO will be the CEO of[…]