Archives: Metallurgy

Warrior Met Coal, Inc says it is commencing development of its Blue Creek reserves into a new, world-class longwall mine located in Alabama near its existing mines. “Once completed, this transformational growth investment will reinforce Warrior’s position as the premier US pure-play producer of premium metallurgical coal products that are sought by customers throughout the[…]

Lithium explorer and developer, Keliber Oy, says a continuous lithium hydroxide pilot project conducted using its own ore has demonstrated the functionality of its planned production process. High purity lithium hydroxide was produced in the pilot, which was the last part of a three-phase continuous piloting program, it said. Keliber previously completed a definitive feasibility[…]

STAS and Rio Tinto have agreed to commercialise an advanced compact filtration technology (ACF) for aluminium cast houses. The ACF technology, developed by Rio Tinto, will now be manufactured and sold under licence by equipment manufacturer STAS worldwide. The filtration technology was developed in the early 2000s at Rio Tinto’s Arvida Research and Development Centre[…]

Outotec says it has been awarded a contract from Renaissance Minerals, a subsidiary of Emerald Resources, for the delivery of process equipment to the greenfield Okvau gold project, in Cambodia. The order value, booked into Outotec’s 2020 March quarter order intake, is around €13 million ($14.2 million). Outotec’s scope includes the delivery of an Outotec[…]

SciDev Limited says it has received a large commercial order from Phoenix Process Equipment to use its chemistry in the US-based company’s mineral processing and oil & gas processes. SciDev chemistry, manufactured by Nuoer, has been qualified by Phoenix for the use in these processes under a heads of agreement (HoA) signed between the parties[…]

Scott Technology says it has been awarded a significant contract by Rio Tinto to design and build the automated mine site laboratory for the Koodaideri iron ore project, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The automation and robotics solutions provider’s contract involves the building construction and equipment supply for the robotic sample preparation and[…]

Alcore Ltd has executed a contract with major Australia engineering firm, Clough, to help with the design and construction of the first Alcore production plant. Clough, which will be represented by Clough Projects Australia Pty on the project, has been investigating the CORE technology that will be used by Alcore for several years and is[…]

Outotec says it and Neste have jointly verified the viability of applying a bio-based diluent as a new solution for metals extraction. Neste MY Renewable Isoalkane™ is a fully bio-based diluent for extracting metals in hydrometallurgical processes, Ouotec said, explaining that the diluent is based on Neste’s NEXBTL technology and produced entirely from bio-based waste[…]

Novo Resources says initial laboratory-scale tests using Steinert mechanical ore sorting technology indicates an upgrade of gold into significantly reduced mass is achievable at the Beaton’s Creek project in Western Australia. The mechanical sorting tests carried out in Australia on the Beaton’s Creek bulk sample showed that nuggety gold occurring in Beaton’s Creek conglomerates is[…]

SciDev’s MaxiFlox® chemistries are to be used in the tailings thickener at the Las Bambas copper mine, in Peru, following a trial purchase order from mine owner MMG. The commercial trial follows on from earlier successful technical evaluations that SciDev conducted during 2019, it said. The aim of the trial is to improve water recovery[…]