Archives: Metallurgy

This project will make the Xingfa sulphuric acid plant one of the largest in China. MAX3™ not only offers sulphuric acid plants savings in water usage, time and money, but it also allows them to recover more energy while achieving best-in-class emission levels, DuPont reports. Yidu Xingfa Chemical Co Ltd has awarded DuPont Clean Technologies[…]

As the IM June issue goes to press with the article on mining chemicals, Clariant and Huntsman Corp today announced that their Boards of Directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine in a merger of equals through an all-stock transaction. The merged company will be named HuntsmanClariant. On a pro forma 2016 basis, the[…]

Area doubled compared to the first event as a response to exhibiting companies increasing demand for space. II Metallic Mining Hall will be sponsored by MATSA, Cobre Las Cruces, Maxam, Atlas Copco and the Mining Engineering Association of the South of Spain. The Metallic Mining Hall (MMH), to be held at the Seville Conference and[…]

Australian Mines Ltd has engaged one of Australia’s leading hydrometallurgical and processing companies, The Simulus Group, to begin construction of a A$2 million demonstration-size cobalt-nickel-scandium processing plant in Perth, Western Australia. Construction has commenced on a demonstration-size HPAL + SX plant in Perth to produce off-take samples of cobalt sulphate, nickel sulphate and scandium oxide[…]

This year’s winner of the international Swedish Steel Prize is Kiruna Wagon from Sweden. The prize is awarded for the company’s innovative wagon solution, the Helix Dumper. Kiruna Wagon has used high-strength steel to develop a highly durable and far more efficient wagon solution than other ore wagons on the market. “Kiruna Wagon has successfully[…]

Altech Chemicals Ltd is progressing detailed design and engineering work for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant, in accordance with the revised schedule agreed between Altech and its appointed EPC contractor M+W Group, following settlement on a fixed price construction contract framework. Some 55 M+W Group personnel located in both Germany and Singapore[…]

The Eriez® Flotation Division, a world leader in advanced flotation technology, installed its first FeedAirJet™ on a cleaner column at Capstone Gold’s Cozamin concentrator in Zacatecas Mexico in late 2016. Nicknamed by the commissioning team as the “Cavitador,” the FeedAirJet is a simple system for pre-aerating flotation feed streams. It is based on a proprietary[…]

MECS Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, has been selected to supply the sulphuric acid production technology for two new plants belonging to Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), one of the world’s largest copper producers. The MECS technology will treat off-gas from the Chuquicamata copper smelter complex in the Antofagasta region of[…]

Outotec has agreed with Peñoles Group to provide zinc production related technologies to the Met-Mex Peñoles’ zinc production facility in Torreon, Mexico. The contract, valued at approximately €24 million, has been booked in Outotec’s first quarter order intake. Outotec’s scope of delivery includes proprietary Pure Jarosite process, feed pre-treatment system for the roasting process, mercury[…]

Markus Rebmann, Markus Rebmann, Hatch’s Global Director, Metals and Mining Advisory suggests six questions that can help you determine if there are ways to do more with—and get more from—the operation you’ve got. Many of the points are very applicable to the article Tomorrow’s underground mine being published in the April magazine Are your assets[…]