Archives: Metallurgy

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has appointed Black & Veatch to design and manage the delivery of a seawater desalination plant for its Manyar Smelter in East Java, Indonesia, as part of its sustainable development commitments. The seawater desalination plant will support the processing of mine concentrates from the Grasberg mine in West Papua. The new[…]

Sandvik invests heavily in innovation, with approximately 2,600 of the company’s 39,000 employees performing research at some 50 R&D centres worldwide. A recent article published by the company outlines how two of these researchers – Ida Borgh, Materials Specialist and Susanne Norgren, Sandvik Group expert have been trying to find a solution for replacing or[…]

Metso Outotec says it has received orders for four anode casting shops from major copper producers in the USA, China and Africa that come with a total value of around €18 million ($19.2 million). In each of the projects, Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery includes anode casting shops with engineering and state-of-the-art technology. Harri Talvensaari,[…]

Czech Republic-based Draslovka Holding is heading into a busy 12-month period where its glycine leaching technology will be showcased at numerous mining projects across the globe, the company told IM on the side lines of the Resourcing Tomorrow conference, in London, this week. According to Ivor Bryan, Director of Mining Innovation at Draslovka Mining Solutions[…]

JSC Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical complex, Almalyk MMC, in Uzbekistan has awarded Metso Outotec a contract for the design and basic engineering work for their new copper smelter complex. Two thirds of the approximately €15 million contract is booked in Metals’ fourth-quarter order intake and one third in Minerals’ fourth-quarter order intake. The basic engineering[…]

Many hydrometallurgy plants that employ solvent extraction (SX) as an upgrading and purification step, have to contend with the formation of crud within the SX circuit. Effective management of crud is essential to prevent build-up in the settlers and the adverse effects on metal recoveries. ProProcess’ integrated Crud Forx™ system is a solids removal solution[…]

EnviroGold Global says it has expanded its IP portfolio by acquiring 20 patents and designs that relate to iron ore beneficiation, electrochemical oxidation and the removal and destruction of contaminants including cyanide, arsenic, mercury and selenium. The CleanTech IP, as it is referred to, is comprised of 13 patents and seven design patents with active[…]

Kamoa Copper SA has selected Metso Outotec to supply a high-capacity direct blister furnace to the company’s copper mining complex expansion project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The value of this type of a delivery is typically between €30-40 million ($30-40 million). Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery consists of key equipment and automation for[…]

Solvay, a global market leader in mining reagent-based solutions for more than 100 years, says it is continuing its digital journey with SmartFloat™, which it says is a first-of-its-kind digital system based on artificial intelligence (AI) that enhances base metal flotation by improving operational efficiency, metallurgical results and sustainability. SmartFloat™ provides another tool for flotation[…]

More than a few companies and technology providers claim to have solved the primary copper sulphide leaching conundrum, but only one has close to 30 years of R&D and the Rio Tinto name behind it. Rio, through its Nuton venture, is the latest to table a solution to treat primary copper sulphides such as chalcopyrite,[…]