Archives: Metallurgy

Siemens is presenting its continuously enhanced Digital Enterprise portfolio for Industrie 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution. “We created the technical prerequisites for this transformation with our range of consistent solutions. By implementing Digital Enterprise solutions, users and customers can now tap into the full potential of Industrie 4.0,” said Klaus Helmrich, member of the Managing[…]

Lithium Australia has completed its acquisition of advanced cathode material production technology by successfully acquiring 99.7% of the equity in technology company VSPC. Located in Brisbane, Australia, VSPC has spent 14 years and approximately A$30 million developing some of the world’s most advanced manufacturing techniques for the production of cathode materials. These materials are critical[…]

Rio Tinto is the first company in the world to receive certification under the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), the highest internationally recognized standard for robust environmental, social and governance practices across the aluminium lifecycle of production, use and recycling. By using ASI certified aluminium, manufacturers and end users will now be able to demonstrate their[…]

From June 19 till June 22, the 25th anniversary World Mining Congress will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan. The organisers point to the importance of the country in global commodity terms. In 2017 past year, the Kazakh mining industry grew by 9.3%, and the mineral processing industry by 5.1%. The volume of extraction of non-ferrous[…]

Uutechnic Oy, part of the Uutechnic Group, has received two major orders for the hydrometallurgical industry. Deliveries will be directed to Finland and to China. Deliveries comprise a total of about 40 units of agitators, for demanding applications and designed individually according to customers’ process requirements. The total value of orders is approximately EUR2 million.[…]

FYI Resources Ltd has appointed mining consultancy, CSA Global, to provide an independent peer review of the Cadoux kaolin project’s Mineral Resource and to provide expert technical assistance ahead of the proposed resource upgrade in anticipation of the development of the high purity alumina (HPA) project. CSA Global’s input is part of the PFS currently[…]

Newmont’s Malozemoff Technical Facility (MTF) in Englewood, Colorado, is home to state-of-the-art mineral technology and world-class expertise. It’s where Lauren Hafla, Director of Newmont’s Metallurgical Services (NMS), and a crew of engineers, geoscientists and chemists create value through “delivery of new and industry leading technology across the portfolio.” Hafla brings 18 years of experience in[…]

Hummingbird Resources notes that completion of plant construction and ore commissioning in 2017, was achieved within both the planned 18-month schedule and the $88.5 million budgeted capital cost.  Since first gold was poured on December 19, the performance of the plant has steadily improved month by month.  In the first 14 days of March, the[…]

Barrick Gold Corporation uses Maptek Vulcan at various stages of the Cortez Hills underground operations in north-central Nevada. Cortez District Operations comprises open pit mining of the Pipeline and South Pipeline deposits, and both open pit and underground mining of the Cortez Hills deposit. Cortez is Barrick’s and Nevada’s largest gold producer. Mined continuously since[…]

Maptek I-Site has helped Codelco Chile’s El Salvador Division with efficient survey processes to improve the metallurgical balance for their operations. El Salvador develops open pit mine processes and underground mining, and operates a hydro-metallurgy and concentrator plant, smelter, refinery and port. The operation is located in the Atacama Region of Chile, nearly 2,600 m[…]