Archives: Mineral processing

TOMRA, a global leader in sensor-based technologies, says it understands that technology alone is not enough to create a closed-loop circular economy, with public policy, consumer engagement and collaboration across the value chain are necessary too. Making the shift from “linear to circular” to build thriving economies requires radically lessening the environmental impact of extracting[…]

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering and Construction Co Ltd. (NFC China) have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to construct a “special coke plant” at JSC Shubarkol Komir in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda Region. The new 400,000 t/y plant will produce a reducing agent that is key to the[…]

Weir Minerals and Andritz have signed an agreement at MINExpo 2021 expanding their shared commitment and strategic cooperation to supply equipment for processing tailings in the mining industry. The foundations of this agreement have been built on a shared understanding and vision to enable the sustainable and efficient delivery of the natural resources essential to[…]

Metso Outotec has signed an agreement with Florence Copper Inc, a subsidiary of Taseko Mines Ltd, to supply copper solvent extraction and electrowinning technology for a plant to be built in Arizona, USA. The order, exceeding €20 million ($24 million), has been booked in the Metals’ segment September quarter orders received. The Metso Outotec delivery[…]

Glencore Technology has announced what it says is an important formalisation and commitment with Global PAM to deliver services to clients of IsaMill™ technology throughout North America. Global PAM has significant capabilities in technology commissioning and asset management, according to Glencore Technology. The company will support Glencore Technology through the installation, commissioning and service of[…]

GR Engineering Services has been given the notice to proceed with the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 1.2 Mt/y lead sulphide flotation processing plant at Galena Mining Limited’s majority-owned Abra base metals project in Western Australia. The contract, which follows a conditional agreement from February 2020, comes with a value of A$79.5 million[…]

IMDEX says it will acquire DataCloud’s MinePortal software in a circa-A$20 million ($14.8 million) cash and shares deal that will significantly enhance the company’s data visualisation and analysis capabilities and build on its real-time orebody knowledge technology. MinePortal is a next generation cloud-connected orebody knowledge technology which interprets and models geological data to enable real-time[…]

CITIC Heavy Industries (CITIC HIC) says it has independently developed efficient ultra-fine grinding equipment in the form of a 250 ton, 1,500 kW CSM-1500 vertical stirred mill which has completed factory commissioning in Luoyang, China ahead of shipment to Chile’s copper mining major Codelco. Jin Song, General Manager of CITIC HIC hosted a live broadcast,[…]

Metso Outotec says it will deliver several energy-efficient stirred mills to a greenfield iron ore processing plant in Liaoning Province, north-eastern China, marking one of its “Planet Positive” mineral processing orders. The stirred mill installation, which corresponds to 11 MW of power, will be the largest of its kind in China, according to the OEM.[…]

SNC-Lavalin, an integrated professional services and project management company, has appointed Tony Lipiec as its Global Vice President of Minerals & Metallurgical Processing. Lipiec will lead engineering process teams on large- and small-scale mining and metallurgy process projects, covering multiple technical areas including mineral processing and hydrometallurgy for commodities in the base and precious metals[…]