Archives: Metallurgy

Weir Minerals has announced the launch of its Synertrex® platform, an advanced Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology, which, it says, is set to transform the mining industry. Delivering an advanced level of understanding, it allows operators to monitor every aspect of their equipment’s operation, prevent problems and increase throughput, according to Weir. It uses[…]

Outotec has been awarded an order for the delivery of minerals processing technology to a new copper concentrator to be built in South America. The contract value, booked in Outotec’s 2018 September quarter order intake, is approximately €25 million ($29 million). Outotec’s scope includes engineering and the delivery of flotation cells and filters, with deliveries[…]

Zanaga Iron Ore’s plans to start up a low-cost pellet project in the Republic of Congo using a polymer-based product have been given a boost after recent test work returned positive results. Independent laboratories, testing out the commercial acceptability of two 20 kg samples of Zanaga “cold pellets”, said they were within the industry acceptable[…]

BHP appears to be very much on board the battery minerals train after confirming this week at the Diggers and Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, that it was likely to become a nickel sulphate producer within the next year. The company is currently in the process of developing a nickel sulphate line to its[…]

Argosy Minerals has hit its first major milestone at the Rincon lithium project in Salta province, Argentina, producing its first “battery grade” carbonate. Its 500 t/y stage one plant completed production of some 30 kg of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) product that, Argosy says, is representative of its initial specification for delivery to end-users. The[…]

Metso is to supply a pellet plant to one of JSW Steel’s large-scale steel operations in India. The order includes grinding, filtration and a pyro-processing pellet plant, and is the largest global pellet plant delivery to date. It is also the single largest installation of Metso 2040-60 VPA Vertical Plate Pressure filters. These filters, developed[…]

SGS has opened up a new sample preparation facility in Val-d’Or, Quebec, seeking to serve the growing needs of minerals exploration companies in the province. This is the second Canada office opening for the company in a month having set up a sample prep lab in Whitehorse, Yukon, earlier in July. The facility is equipped[…]

The stage two ore sorting campaign on drill core from Middle Island Resources’ Two Mile Hill tonalite gold deposit in Western Australia has confirmed the technology’s potential to improve gold grades and cut waste processing. Two Mile Hill, part of the wider Sandstone gold project, comprises a “ubiquitously gold mineralised, tonalite (granite) plug or stock”.[…]

For his massive contribution to the large-scale commercialisation of solvent extraction of copper, in Zambia and worldwide, Jack Anthony Holmes, formerly Technical Director of Anglo American Corp (AAC), has been nominated by Ken Severs (formerly Group Metallurgical Executive, Rio Tinto) and Les Stewart (formerly Technical Director, Anglo American Corp, South America). In 1970, Holmes, after[…]

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has signed an agreement with Gulf Cement Co to supply a byproduct from aluminium smelting over the next three years for use in cement manufacturing. Although EGA has been supplying spent pot lining to the cement industry since[…]