Archives: Metallurgy

Canada Cobalt Works says it has made important breakthroughs in its proprietary and environmentally green Re-2OX process for the recovery of cobalt, precious metals and base metals, and will look to submit a patent application to protect the technology. New testing using SGS Lakefield in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, has highlighted further optimisation of Re-2OX can[…]

Field trials for the CSIRO-developed Online Gold Analyser (OLGA) are showing such positive results at a Queensland gold mine that the technology is expected to be ready for market this year, the research organisation reported recently. OLGA is an X-ray fluorescence-based technology capable of detecting gold in slurry with around 1,000-times better accuracy than conventional[…]

The organisers of ALTA are gearing up to welcome the international metallurgical community to Perth, Western Australia, with the annual conference now just a month away. ALTA has developed a reputation as a leading technical metallurgical-oriented event, attracting senior industry representatives from around the globe. The conference had a record attendance last year and is[…]

Codelco has terminated its contract with SNC-Lavalin following a dispute related to a copper project the engineering firm was working on for the mining company. SNC-Lavalin, which confirmed the news in a press statement, said Codelco had also initiated a drawdown on its approximately $42 million in bank guarantees. News of a problem with one[…]

On 19 March 2019, a historic decision was made when Cumbria County Council (CCC) formally granted planning approval to West Cumbria Mining (WCM) to develop its Metallurgical Coal Project, which will be known as Woodhouse Colliery – a new underground mine, located on a brownfield site, to the south west of Whitehaven in West Cumbria,[…]

Technology provider GreenGold says it has been awarded a ReCYN™ design and install contract with PT Agincourt Resources to detoxify tailings and recover cyanide and copper at its Martabe gold-silver operation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Jakarta- and Perth-based GreenGold will deliver the project with preferred fabricators for specialist equipment packages, the company said. In a report[…]

Toronto-listed Granada Gold Mine thinks pre-concentration by separation has the potential to lower capital and operating costs at its Granada gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada. The company has come to this conclusion after receiving higher grades during testwork, which, it said, “may have implications for the grade of future mill feed, the size of[…]

ASX-listed Hazer Group says its Fluidised Bed Reactor (FBR) pilot plant has been relocated from Sydney to Kwinana, in Perth, Australia, and the company is ready to re-commence its testing programme. The Hazer FBR pilot plant is now located next to the Paddle Tube Reactor (PTR) pilot plant, being developed by Mineral Resources in accordance[…]

Outotec has signed a contract with Morocco-based OCP Group for the delivery of a sulphuric acid plant for fertiliser production. The approximately €80 million ($90.2 million) order has been booked into Outotec’s 2019 March quarter order intake, the company said. Outotec’s delivery includes the engineering, procurement and construction of the plant, which is based on[…]

Outotec has today published its 2018 sustainability report. The online report, themed ‘Co-creating for future plants’ illustrates the benefits of various stakeholders collaborating for the sustainable use of Earth’s natural resources. “Outotec’s sustainability work in 2018 included, for example, updating the company values utilising crowdsourcing within the company, conducting a materiality assessment based on a[…]