Archives: Metallurgy

Roskill reports that Vale has elected to support its VNC New Caledonia plant thanks to the prospects from the electric vehicle (EV) market. The company, which had previously been looking for an investment partner to plough additional funds into the plant, will now be investing the required funds itself – up to $500 million according[…]

David Rudge, Hatch’s Global Director, Engineered Equipment: “Each day can be very different from the previous one, and the set of tasks to achieve, and problems to solve are always changing. In these environments, the stakes are particularly high when it comes to people and safety. Extreme conditions require great caution and expertise to navigate.[…]

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has completed commissioning of the first major section of its under-construction alumina refinery at Al Taweelah in Abu Dhabi.The calcination is the first of the four major sections of Al Taweelah alumina refinery to be ready for production. Commissioning of other sections of the alumina refinery is ongoing and first alumina[…]

Almaden Minerals is moving forward with plans to introduce X-ray Transmission (XRT) ore sorting to its Ixtaca silver-gold project in Mexico, with the latest economic study showing the technology can boost production and returns. The Vancouver-based company previously said conventional XRT ore sorting technology could, among other things, push the average annual metal production above[…]

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) reports that its bauxite mining project in the Republic of Guinea has reached 75% construction completion. The project has a total budgeted project cost of about $1.4 billion and is being developed by EGA’s subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corp. It is the largest greenfield investment in the West African country in the[…]

Barrick Gold is said to be selling research and development company AuTec as part of a new strategy tied to the upcoming merger with Randgold Resources. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, said one of the first assets to go as part of a plan to offload non-core assets, reduce costs[…]

Outotec has won a contract for the delivery of a complete minerals processing plant for a precious metals project in Mexico, as part of wider €30 million ($34 million) order. The company will also deliver process equipment for upgrades of two other sulphide silver ore processes for the same customer. The total value of the[…]

The purchase of Kiln Flame Systems (KFS) is set to provide Metso with new computational fluid dynamics (CFD) design and analysis expertise, says Jonathan Allen, Vice President, Engineered Products, at the Finland-based mining OEM. Following news Metso had completed the purchase yesterday, IM put a few questions to Allen to find out some of the[…]

Metso has acquired UK-based combustion solutions and technology provider Kiln Flame Systems (KFS) as it looks to extend its pyro processing portfolio and capabilities. KFS specialises in rotary kiln and calcining processes, combustion optimisation and burner technologies with patented designs. It provides solutions to a wide range of industries including minerals processing. The company has[…]

Katanga Mining has successfully completed the hot commissioning of Phase 2 of its whole ore leach (WOL) processing facility at its 75% owned subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company’s (KCC) copper and cobalt mine in Lualaba Province, DRC. The commissioning of the pre-leach circuits is continuing as scheduled and is expected to be completed by the end[…]