Archives: Mineral processing

Russian gold mining major Polyus gave some detailed insights into its continued use of state of the art flotation technologies – namely the Jameson Cell and flash flotation – across its main processing facilities during its 2021 Capital Markets Day presentation on June 23. First and foremost, Polyus expects to increase the throughput capacity at[…]

Created in 2010, Morocco-based JESA is jointly owned by phosphate mining major OCP and engineering house Worley, which acquired its stake when it bought Jacobs’ Energy, Chemicals & Resources division in 2019. As one of the largest engineering firms in Africa and Morocco, JESA covers mining, industry, urban development and infrastructure, and has just been[…]

AAEngineering Group, utilising Bentley Systems’ cloud-based technology, has helped Altynalmas come up with a new vision for a gold processing plant in Kazakhstan. When drilling and geological studies revealed the presence of gold ores in the surrounding Akmola region, gold producer Altynalmas invested in expanding resource extraction operations, announcing a tender to increase annual ore[…]

Condor Gold says it has selected Hanlon Engineering & Associates to develop a feasibility study level design for a new processing plant built around its recently acquired SAG mill at the La India gold project in Nicaragua. A wholly owned subsidiary company of GR Engineering Services Limited (GRES), Hanlon is based in Tucson, Arizona. As[…]

Aksu Technology LLP, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan gold miner JSC AK Altynalmas, has commenced commissioning works at the new Aksu gold recovery plant (Aksu GRP) located in the Akmola region. The purpose of commissioning works is to adjust the operation of process equipment and bring the production to design parameters. The Aksu GRP has a[…]

Metso Outotec is to deliver multiple energy-efficient Vertimill® VTM-3000 stirred mills to Ferrexpo in Ukraine, with the vertical grinding mills set to become the largest of their kind to be installed in the country. Once the mills have been installed, Ferrexpo’s iron ore beneficiation complex will be the largest VTM installation on the continent, Metso[…]

Many mines struggle with crushing run-of-mine materials which can consist of a combination of clays, marls, other sticky materials, and hard stones. Traditional hard rock jaw and gyratory crushers work well with hard material but can pack and clog with soft, sticky, or wet feed. Komatsu states: “In the past, material hardness has limited where[…]

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall say they have now produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough in the HYBRIT initiative captures around 90% of emissions in conjunction with steelmaking and is a decisive step on the road to fossil-free steel, the partners say. The feat from the HYBRIT pilot[…]

You do not get much more remote than OZ Minerals’ West Musgrave copper-nickel project. Located in the Ngaanyatjarra Aboriginal Lands of central Western Australia, it is some 1,300 km northeast of Perth and 1,400 km northwest of Adelaide; near the intersection of the borders between Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. The nearest[…]

Metso Outotec says it has signed a landmark contract for the delivery of an iron ore beneficiation and travelling grate pelletising plant to Africa. While the parties have agreed to not disclose the value of the contract, the scope of delivery includes the engineering and supply of key process equipment for the beneficiation and pelletising[…]