Archives: Metallurgy

Global technology and engineering company, Emerson, has launched a new slurry magnetic flow meter specifically designed for high noise and slurry applications in industries including mining. The Emerson Rosemount™ MS Slurry Sensor with the Rosemount 8782 Slurry Transmitter features robust coils and advanced signal processing, with a responsive yet stable flow signal possible even in[…]

A hive of corporate activity is brewing at Alexander Mining, with the AIM-listed company set to complete a reverse takeover of eLight Group Holdings Ltd and sell off its mineral processing technology business, MetaLeach Ltd. Back in September, the board of Alexander announced it had completed a review of its operations and concluded it was[…]

DuPont Clean Technologies has announced that NioCorp Developments Ltd has selected its MECS® sulphuric acid technology for its Superalloy Materials Project in southeast Nebraska. The MECS sulphuric acid plant will be designed to maximise energy recovery and emissions control to ensure best-in-class environmental performance. NioCorp has already obtained the major federal permits needed for construction[…]

Glencore Technology says it and Hatch are helping the Ozernoye project in Buryatia, Russia, come up with a process flowsheet suited to the complex composition of ore at the polymetallic asset. The mining and processing operation would produce zinc and lead concentrates. Ozernoye’s Grigory Koldunov said the company is currently preparing the area for the[…]

Golden Predator Mining says tests have successfully confirmed that EnviroLeach Technologies’ environmentally friendly technology can effectively extract and recover more than 95% of the gold from sulphide concentrates produced at the 3 Aces gold project, in the Yukon of Canada. The concentrate is produced using Golden Predator’s Secondary Recovery Unit (SRU™). With this environmentally friendly[…]

Clean TeQ Holdings Ltd has announced the successful customer acceptance of commissioning and handover of a ground-breaking Continuous Ionic Filtration (CIF®) plant at an antimony processing facility in Oman. Sam Riggall, Clean TeQ CEO, stated: “Achieving successful customer acceptance of commissioning and handover of the world’s first ever commercial scale CIF® plant for this application[…]

Veolia’s exhaustive testing program and process design expertise with its HPD® evaporation and crystallisation technologies recently validated Bacanora Lithium’s product purity requirements at the Sonora lithium project in Mexico, while removing potassium and converting a waste stream into a high-value-added fertiliser, according to the water- and chemical-focused technology company. The company’s Veolia Water Technologies division[…]

Magnetite Mines Ltd says it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with ore sorting technology company NextOre to use its leading-edge magnetic resonance ore sorting technology for pre-concentration of magnetite and iron ore projects. The terms of the agreement include exclusive use for any magnetite processing applications Australia-wide and all iron ore applications in the[…]

Gekko Systems says the benefits of accessing real-time on-stream gold data has been proven with the trial installation of the CSIRO-Gekko OLGA analyser at Evolution’s Mt Carlton operation, in Queensland, Australia. This trial has since been converted into a sale and permanent installation, Gekko said. OLGA is an X-ray fluorescence-based technology capable of detecting gold[…]

Harsco Corporation has announced that its Environmental division (HE) will serve as pilot customer for Volvo Construction Equipment’s (Volvo CE) new autonomous battery-electric hauler. While not yet on the market, the hauler is being heralded as the “next groundbreaking step in Volvo CE’s innovation journey.” “We are delighted to partner with Volvo CE on this[…]