Archives: Metallurgy

Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation are to build a first-of-a-kind hydrogen plant in Gladstone, Australia, as part of a A$111.1 million ($74.6 million) program aimed at lowering carbon emissions from the alumina refining process. The Yarwun Hydrogen Calcination Pilot Demonstration Program received the green light after a A$32.1 million co-funding boost from the federal government’s[…]

At the recent Bank of America 2023 Smart Mine 4.0 conference, Donovan Waller, Anglo American Group Head of Technology Development gave an in-depth review of ongoing projects under its FutureSmart Mining™ banner, which broadly refers to its innovation-led approach to sustainable mining. He covered mainly six interesting areas – its African renewable energy ecosystem; the nuGen™ Zero[…]

Weir ESCO has completed another major milestone in its bucket-producing legacy, delivering a brand new, customised 164 yd (150 m) ESCO® ProFill® bucket to a customer in North America – a unit that, it claims, is now the largest dragline bucket currently operating anywhere in the world. Miners use dragline buckets to scoop up and[…]

Lantania says it has strengthened its position as a leading company in industrial water treatment with a contract to expand the permanent water treatment plant (PWTP) of the First Quantum Minerals-owned Cobre Las Cruces mining complex, in the province of Seville, Spain. The company has been awarded the contract for the drafting of the project,[…]

Earlier this year Epiroc and SSAB announced a further expansion of their partnership to secure fossil-free steel for use in the production of Epiroc’s mining equipment. Since then, the two companies have expanded their collaboration into also exploring the possibilities to use fossil-free steel when manufacturing spare parts and components with additive technology.The initial step[…]

The world’s leading copper producer, Codelco, is moving towards its 2050 decarbonisation goal. Within this framework, it has extended the contract that since 2013 has supplied thermal energy (heat) to the Gabriela Mistral Division in northern Chile, through a solar thermal system that replaces the consumption of diesel in water heating boilers. “This clean energy[…]

SNC-Lavalin, a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has been contracted to complete the environmental and social impact assessment, for the Sayona Moblan Lithium Project in Quebec. Additionally on the project, SNC-Lavalin will work with InnovExplo and Primero on completing multiple components of the mine’s prefeasibility and feasibility[…]

At the recent 2023 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Denver, Colorado, Derrick Corporation announced a strategic alliance with Groupe Industries Fournier and Sepro Mixing & Pumping, of which more details have now emerged. Derrick told IM that the partnership was assembled to help optimise new and existing customer operations, providing a one-stop solution for gold CIL/CIP processing plants[…]

Anglo American has signed a memorandum of understanding with H2 Green Steel, the Swedish hydrogen and steel producer, to work together on the advancement of low carbon steelmaking processes. The agreement includes studying and trialling the use of premium quality iron ore products from Anglo American’s Kumba mines in South Africa and Minas-Rio mine in Brazil[…]

The Metso Outotec global network of testing, research and product development facilities covers the whole process flowsheet from comminution through separation, to filtration, refining and pyrometallurgical/hydrometallurgical processing. It has centres all over the globe – in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Finland, Peru, USA and more – able to, the company says, offer extensive expertise and[…]