Archives: Industrial minerals

By June 1, 2021, metal and diamond mines need to comply with the revisions to the metal and diamond mining effluent regulations (MDMER), which were released by Canada’s federal government in 2018. These revised guidelines – originally known as MMER, or metal mining effluent regulations – will affect over 100 metal and diamond mines in[…]

Eriez says it’s high-intensity Dry Vibrating Magnetic Filter (DVMF) technology holds the key to removing very fine iron-bearing contaminants from hard-to-flow powders, such as lithium, to produce higher quality end-products. In a recently published white paper, the separation technology leader says the DVMF technology has been validated as the most effective separation process for hard-rock[…]

Metso gave its take on the evolution of mining towards a more autonomous mining future from the perspective of a mineral processing technology major in a strategy implementation discussion contained in its FY2019 results released today. “We expect mining and minerals processing to be highly autonomous and optimised by 2050. Going forward, minerals processing assets[…]

LKAB says that delivery of its ReeMAP project pilot plant is imminent with all parts for the apatite flotation process pilot plant due to arrive to its R&D station at the Kiruna mine in Sweden during March 2020. Once on-site, the company says it will assemble all parts, test and verify the system to make[…]

As sensor-based sorting becomes a recognised technology within the mining industry, there are an increasing number of large-scale installations that impact the industry beyond what was once thought possible. At the SME MineXchange Annual Conference this week in Phoenix, a team from TOMRA Sorting Solutions is reviewing the sorting technology that has been employed by[…]

Two major manufacturers of mining machinery and equipment are now cooperating on the world market: GHH from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and MacLean from Ontario, Canada, announced their cooperation at a plant inauguration in Mexico in February. MacLean intends to use the new production facility in Queretaro to reach customers in Latin America in particular, and to[…]

FLSmidth has received an order from Slavkaliy to supply equipment to a new potassium (potash) mining and processing facility in Belarus. The contract is valued at around DKK 360 million and will be booked in Q1 2020. FLSmidth will deliver liquid-solid separation equipment islands to Slavkaliy for a new facility in the Nezhinsky area of[…]

A Limpopo chromite mine faced various risks in disposing of its tailings and called Multotec for a solution. The chromite operation was aware of the challenges that a traditional tailings storage facility (TSF) could create, according to Multotec Process Equipment senior process engineer Khathutshelo Mutshinyalo. These include the large footprint of a tailings dam, the[…]

South Africa’s largest black-empowered resource company, Exxaro has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with equipment dealer, Bell Equipment Sales South Africa Ltd (BESSA) to enhance the offering of its enterprise and supplier development (ESD) programme. This, to formalise a partnership within its ESD programme, is aimed at giving contractors access to mining equipment, at[…]

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Ltd is to help Rio Tinto with rehabilitation works at its mothballed Gove alumina refinery, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The works, part of a contract valued at more than A$18 million ($12 million), include the isolation and re-routing of electrical and hydraulic services to the refinery. Mobilisation is expected[…]