Archives: Metallurgy

Metso Outotec is launching a modular Converter Hood System for horizontal converter vessels used in the smelting process. The new system, which is suitable for greenfield and brownfield installations, has an impressive SO2 (sulphur dioxide) gas capture capability of 99%, minimising the environmental impact, it says. The modular design enables quick on-site assembly, so the[…]

Metso Outotec and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have signed a global exclusive cooperation agreement on the delivery of SwirlFlow® agitation technology for the bauxite and alumina sector outside of China. The combination of the companies’ leading expertise in their respective fields will allow the parties to create the strongest offering to the market for[…]

Metso Outotec says it will deliver its 100th Anode Casting Shop to PT Smelting’s (PTS) copper smelter in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. The OEM, which says it has been a frontrunner in the development of anode casting technology for several decades, says the Gresik project is a true milestone for the company. Today, most of[…]

The value a ‘true’ digital twin could provide the mineral processing and metallurgical industries has been spoken of continuously throughout the last few years, and Metso Outotec believes it is on the cusp of realising such value with its “science-based” Metso Outotec Geminex™ digital twin. Designed to manage variability and optimise resources, the solution simulates[…]

Metso Outotec has signed an agreement for the delivery of a siderite calcination plant to Hekimhan Madencilik, a subsidiary of Koloğlu Holding, located in Malatya, Turkey. The value of the order is approximately €23 million ($26 million), and it has been booked in the company’s Metals’ Q1/2022 orders received. Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery consists[…]

Global copper miner Antofagasta PLC has long been seeking a way to leach copper from primary sulphides and in a recent article says it appears to have found the answer. “Why not use bacteria like everyone else?” was a question the company was asked when, almost 20 years ago, the Michilla copper mine, then owned[…]

Jetti Resources has announced that Jetti and Teck Resources Ltd have signed an agreement for the evaluation of Jetti’s technology at Teck’s copper assets. Jetti’s technology could be well suited for application at a number of Teck’s assets with potential copper resources outside of existing mine plans. Jetti’s technology integrates seamlessly with existing leach technology to recover[…]

Global provider of geochemical laboratory services for the exploration and mining industries, MSALABS, recently signed in October 2021 a Heads of Terms with Modern Mining Testing Company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia “which will seek to establish a major hub laboratory in the region for the analysis of mining samples from within Saudi Arabia[…]

Metso Outotec says it will take the next structural development steps in its business portfolio, following the completed integration of its Minerals business and the successful turnaround of its Metals business. The company plans to change its business area structure and related reporting segments by transferring the Hydrometallurgy business from Metals to Minerals. The objective[…]

TOMRA Mining and its X-ray Transmission (XRT) technology has, the company says, provided an effective solution for the extreme conditions at the Bluestone Mines Tasmania JV (BMTJV) Renison tin mine in Tasmania, Australia, with sensor-based ore sorting solution unlocking significant value and delivering environmental benefits. The Renison mine is 50% owned by Metals X through[…]