Archives: Metallurgy

FLSmidth and Rio Tinto have executed a five-year, fixed-term Global Framework Agreement (GFA) which enables the parties to engage on the supply of fixed equipment, including mineral processing and material handling technologies, spare parts, consumables, and maintenance, consultancy and professional services. FLSmidth is the first fixed equipment supplier to execute a GFA with Rio Tinto.[…]

Hatch was retained as the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor for a new sulphuric acid manufacturing plant in a remote southern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The $245 million project included a 1,400 t per-day manufacturing facility and a 20 MW electrical waste heat power generation system with a[…]

Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd (COB) has entered into a testwork co-operation agreement with OZ Minerals Ltd. The testwork will evaluate the application of COB technology to recover cobalt, copper and gold from a pyrite concentrate. A key aim will be to assess if a high purity cobalt sulphate can be produced from the concentrate. OZ[…]

EnviroLeach Technologies and Golden Predator Mining have entered into an agreement that will see EnviroLeach’s proprietary cyanide-free hydrometallurgical technology extract gold from gravity concentrate produced at Golden Predator’s 3 Aces project in the Yukon of Canada. This working relationship provides both companies with the first on-site bulk test of EnviroLeach’s new cyanide-free technology, they said.[…]

Outotec is, this week, celebrating 70 years of sustainable technology development at its Outotec Research Centre (ORC) in Pori, Finland. The ORC in Pori is unique in the industry, according to the company, with its expertise in the minerals and metals processing value chain ranging from ores to finished metals and recycling. The centre was[…]

Canada Cobalt Works has widened its processing options for both its Castle and Beaver projects, in the Cobalt Camp of northern Ontario, Canada, with the acquisition of a permitted and operating mineral and precious metal processing facility. The company has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of PolyMet Resources Inc, owner of[…]

Outotec has agreed with Glencore Nikkelverk AS on the delivery of coated titanium anodes to the new tankhouse for its copper electrowinning plant in Norway. The delivery will include over 5,000 of the new mixed metal oxide coated titanium anodes, with the order value, booked into Outotec’s September quarter order intake, being some €10 million[…]

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have agreed to invest SEK150 million ($15.2 million) on construction of a storage facility for hydrogen at the HYBRIT pilot plant for fossil-free steel. The funding, which comes on top of the Swedish Energy Agency’s close to SEK50 million pledge, is an important step towards the goal of fossil-free iron and[…]

ennomotive has launched in Chile I’MNOVATION, an open innovation startup program by ACCIONA, a leading multinational in renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure. The program focuses on the development of new digital solutions to improve safety, sustainability, and productivity in mining. To achieve this, three innovation challenges are open for submissions: on-site health and safety monitoring[…]

BQE Water has been awarded its second SART plant contract in China, with Zhaojin Mining Industry Co signing up the mine wastewater and metallurgical bleed streams specialist to construct and operate the facility at a gold metallurgical operation, in Shandong Province. The contract structure for Zhaojin, a state-owned company that is one of the largest[…]