Archives: Industrial minerals

On September 4, 2018, the first meeting of Peru’s Grupo Visión Minería 2030, or 2030 Mining Vision Group (hereinafter, GVM 2030) was held in the country’s Government Palace with the President of the Republic, Martin Vizcarra Cornejo. During the referred meeting, leaders of the State, Civil Society, the Private Sector and the Academy had the[…]

FLSmidth supplies two types of flotation machines: WEMCO®, a self-aspirated one and the nextSTEP™ which is a forced-air, externally aerated machine. FLSmidth has delivered more than 54,000 flotation cells worldwide. As both machines operate differently and recover different particles (size, liberation, hydrophobicity) and FLSmidth is the only supplier offering both types of machines, one focus[…]

Sweden-based miner LKAB says it will invest SEK45 million ($4.8 million) in pilot plants that could see phosphorus and rare earth metals produced from its own mine waste. These plants are part of a prefeasibility study to define a commercial mine waste recycling process, ReeMAP, LKAB President and Group CEO Jan Moström said. The company[…]

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has developed a smelting process to produce soluble phosphate for fertiliser from low value ores, eliminating hazardous waste and making production more economically and environmentally sustainable. Phosphate is a key ingredient in fertilisers and essential for plant health and growth. The A$73 billion global phosphate market continues to grow as[…]

For EuroChem’s new Usolskiy potash operations in Russia, FAM has supplied seven portal scrapers of the type KP 1100.55,7 for the potash plant. By adding potash, EuroChem has further expanded its product assortment and become one of only three companies in the world to produce fertilisers that contain all three primary nutrient elements, namely nitrogen,[…]

Partisan Motors recently presented the new Partisan Maulwurf family of off-road vehicles for use in mines and quarries. Partisan Motors, on the basis of the Partisan Platform modular vehicle system developed by its specialists, presented a whole series of Partisan Maulwurf vehicles, which it says are ideally suited for use as the main vehicle for[…]

In order to keep at the forefront of drilling technology, EPC-UK has taken delivery of an Epiroc SmartROC D65 ‘Down the hole’ hammer drill rig, the first of its kind in the UK. Incorporating cutting-edge automation and GPS technology, the SmartROC D65 has the intelligence and power to consistently drill accurately located, high quality blast[…]

OCP Group and Cummins Africa Middle East have announced the signing of a strategic partnership related to the implementation of a Master Rebuild Centre (MRC) for Cummins High Horsepower engines in Khouribga, Morocco. The new facility will serve both North and West Africa and the scope of the agreement includes the on-site maintenance of the[…]

X-ray Transmission (XRT) ore sorting is being rolled out across the industry, with companies mining metals and minerals from various parts of the periodic table taking advantage of its sensing capabilities. South Africa mineral processing company, Imilingo gave an exclusive world-first preview of its latest innovations in sensor-based sorting at the Electra Mining conference in[…]

Industry-leading wet processing equipment designer and manufacturer CDE has announced plans to introduce its new Combo™ all-in-one wet processing plant to the global market. The patented Combo™ wet processing solution will be revealed on Monday, April 8 at Bauma 2019 in Munich. “More than plant machinery, the Combo™ wet processing system is a technological response[…]