Archives: Metallurgy

DRDGOLD Ltd announced today that it is to acquire from Sibanye Gold Ltd trading as Sibanye-Stillwater (Sibanye-Stillwater) portions of the latter’s West Rand Tailings Retreatment Project (WRTRP) assets – to be known as WRTRP Proprietary Ltd – in exchange for approximately 38% of DRDGOLD’s ordinary share capital, valued at approximately ZAR1.3 billion. In addition, DRDGOLD[…]

In a recent conference call, Russia’s gold mining leader Polyus outlined in depth some of the technology it has implemented or is implementing to optimise its operations, which includes everything from equipment modernisation and retrofitting to increased throughput capacities and recoveries, to application of more fully automated control systems. Polyus’ key assets (the Krasnoyarsk cluster[…]

On November 1, WEARX and Metso Corporation finalised an agreement that will bring the two companies together. The combined strengths of both companies and knowledge of their people is expected to bring even more value to the mineral processing and material transfer market sectors. The deal will also be covered in depth in the IM[…]

The scalability of Metso’s HRC high-pressure grinding technology has successfully been proven in pilot tests. The tests were conducted at a customer pilot plant in Chile during 2016 and 2017. Following the success of the pilot, similar projects will be operational in the near future. “When designing a plant expansion project, it is important to[…]

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals to the mining industry, announced at the Expo Mineria 2017 that for the first time the company is expanding its comprehensive suite of mining-specific product innovations and technical expertise to customers in Mexico. Clariant has been supporting Latin America’s mining industry for five decades and now growing its[…]

Heap leaching and SX/EW are under the spotlight in the upcoming November issue. It was not possible to publish all the news of advances, and one of those came from TechnipFMC. Over the past four years, TechnipFMC has improved its proprietary TechnipFMC-Krebs Mixer-Settler equipment, operated worldwide, as reported by Guillaume Fenol and Francois Daroux, TechnipFMC,[…]

ITRI reports ASX-listed Aus Tin Mining Ltd has carried out its first sale of tin concentrate from the Granville tin project, near Zeehan, Tasmania, under its off-take agreement with Traxys Europe. The shipment, which was dispatched on October 5, totalled some 5 t of concentrate assayed at some 63% Sn. This first delivery will be[…]

MinerAndina reports that Chilean state mining company Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, “plans to invest $40 billion for the next ten years to strengthen the company for the various scenarios the copper industry presents,” according to Alejandro Rivera, Administration and Finances VP. He said that financing for this investment will come from resources generated[…]

On 28th September 2017, a press conference took place at the KGHM headquarters in Lubin, Poland to introduce the BIOMOre underground installation, as the novel in-situ bioleaching concept is being tested at KGHM’s operations under realistic conditions. The event was hosted by Katarzyna Rogóż (BIOMOre coordinator, KGHM Polska Miedź) and Paulina Mołodyńska-Glapska (Project Manager of[…]

China’s refined tin production is expected to increase in the coming months as a number of smelters restart production following maintenance, environmental inspections and raw material constraints, the ITRI reports. “Yunnan Tin Co (YTC), China’s largest tin producer, restarted production on 9 October following a period of smelter maintenance which began on 31 August 31.[…]