Archives: Metallurgy

Veolia Water Technologies says it has been contracted by Salt Lake Potash to supply HPD® crystallisation systems for its Lake Way potash mining project in Western Australia. The systems will help the company produce a high-quality sulphate of potash (SOP) fertiliser, it said. Salt Lake Potash is developing Lake Way into a 245,000 t/y SOP[…]

Bunting has launched a new separation device that, it says, significantly broadens the company’s separation capabilities, opening new opportunities for optimising mineral reserves. The development of the ElectroStatic Separator comes in response to enhanced material separation requirements in the recycling, plastics and minerals industries, Bunting said. It uses tungsten electrode wire to generate electrostatic charges[…]

Canadian startup, ColdBlock Technologies has completed a C$1.5 million Series A round of financing. ColdBlock’s financing results from investments by the Province of Ontario through OCE, istarthub and the Angel Investors Ontario. The completion of Series A brings ColdBlock’s total funding since it launched in March 2015, to C$3.5 million and will help the company[…]

Ucore Rare Metals says it has executed a binding share purchase agreement with Innovation Metals Corp and its shareholders that will see it acquire 100% of IMC and its RapidSX™ accelerated solvent-extraction-based separation technology. IMC is a privately held Canada-based company that has developed RapidSX for the separation and purification of critical metals including rare[…]

This month, the Australia-invented SMC Test®, used by leading mining companies over the globe to improve concentrator performance, optimise throughput, and decrease energy use, reached its 50,000th test. This makes it, the company says, the most widely used comminution test in the world for AG & SAG mills, HPGRs and crushers. The SMC Test database[…]

Outotec has released a fully automated in-situ measurement system that, it says, can minimise gold solution losses in carbon-in-pulp (CIP) and carbon-in-leach (CIL) circuits. Outotec CarbonSense is a system that is directly immersed in the slurry, eliminating the need for sample transfer and ensuring optimal carbon management, according to the company. It is designed to[…]

An international research team has pioneered and patented a new filtration technique that could one day slash lithium extraction times. The study, published today in the international journal Nature Materials, presents findings that demonstrate the way in which Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) channels can mimic the filtering function, or ‘ion selectivity’, of biological ion channels embedded[…]

ME Elecmetal has become a new sponsor for the Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution (CEEC), bringing with it over 100 years of experience in mineral processing. With offices across Chile, USA, China, Mexico, Australia and the Asia Pacific, ME Elecmetal is a leading global supplier of integrated wear solutions for mining, construction and industry, specialising[…]

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[…]