Archives: Industrial minerals

In response to the growing demand for sustainable solutions, Metso Outotec says it is conducting a program to develop a new, complete range of electrically driven track-mounted crushers and screens. The new Lokotrack® range will be built on a unique platform that Metso Outotec has been developing since 2020 with a total R&D investment of[…]

CDE, a leading supplier of wet processing solutions for the mineral processing and waste recycling sectors, has revealed its new AquaCycle A2500 thickener, the latest addition to its top-of-the-line water management and recycling systems. With a capacity of 2,500 m³/h, the new A2500 is CDE’s largest and most advanced water management system to date. It[…]

On March 20, a ceremony was held at the heartland of the Catamarca Andes, at 4,100 m above sea level, to mark the start of construction of Zijin Mining’s 3Q lithium brine project, a project with an initial annual production of 20,000 t of lithium carbonate. Also in Argentina, Rio Tinto has announced that it[…]

The National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (NMDC), India’s largest iron ore producer and a CPSE under the Ministry of Steel, has signed an MoU with IIT Kharagpur for drone-based mineral exploration. NMDC has been exploring for minerals for six decades including copper, phosphate rock, limestone, magnesite, diamond, tungsten and mineral sands amongst others from reconnaissance G4[…]

The Mt Cattlin mine, owned by Galaxy Resources Ltd (part of the Allkem group of companies), is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Having recommenced the operation in 2016 following a period of inactivity, the open pit mine produces high-quality spodumene concentrate for the global lithium market. The demand for this commodity[…]

Some 18 months after launching TOMRA Insight to mining customers, the cloud-based data platform is making inroads across the North American mining sector, Harold Cline and Jordan Rutledge told IM on the side lines of the MINEXCHANGE 2022 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City recently. TOMRA rolled out the subscription-based service to[…]

Diversified battery anode materials company EcoGraf Ltd has announced it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to partner with Vermeer Equipment Suppliers to explore low emission mining methods at the Epanko Graphite Project in Tanzania. Vermeer Equipment Suppliers (Pty) Ltd, is the sub-Saharan African distributor of Vermeer Manufacturing Company established in the USA in[…]

FLSmidth is launching two exciting developments in its flotation portfolio – the WEMCO II and the REFLUX™ Flotation Cell (RFC™) – at the MINEXCHANGE 2022 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City. The WEMCO II Flotation Cell builds upon the success of the industry standard, WEMCO, but with optimisations to the rotor and stator/hood that[…]

In another move towards Caterpillar Inc’s exit from the coal and soft rock underground mining equipment markets, it and US company Simmons Equipment based in Tazewell, Virginia have announced that the two companies have signed an exclusive IP license agreement. The agreement grants Simmons Equipment exclusive global rights to manufacture certain low seam room and[…]

Following Industry 4.0 trends, Poland’s mining equipment and technology major FAMUR says it is systematically developing training tools using virtual reality, remote diagnostics and field service smart glasses technology to operate equipment for various industry sectors. As part of this activity, it developed and implemented a concept to create an innovative SIGMA (Service in Grid[…]