Archives: Mineral processing

The Tailings 2024 conference is being organised by Gecamin, the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto and The TAilings and IndustriaL waste ENGineering (TAILENG) Center, and will be held June 12-14 in the Sheraton Santiago in Chile. Ahead of the event, we spoke to Geraldo Paes, Corporate Geotechnical Director at global mining company[…]

Ivanhoe Mines Executive Co-Chair Robert Friedland and President Marna Cloete announced on May 26, 2024 that first ore was fed into the Phase 3 concentrator at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). First ore marks the completion of construction of the Phase 3 concentrator, which has been achieved months[…]

Andrada Mining has purchased TOMRA XRT sorters as part of its expansion plans at the flagship Uis mine in Namibia. The sorters feature TOMRA’s latest innovation launched earlier this year at the Mining Indaba exhibition: the groundbreaking OBTAIN™ software that leverages Deep Learning to bring single-particle precision to high-throughput particle sorting. Andrada Mining, the African[…]

CIMIC Group companies Sedgman and CPB Contractors, in joint venture, have been selected by BHP to undertake the Western Ridge Crusher Project in Western Australia. The project, which will generate revenue to CIMIC of A$757 million, involves an end-to-end solution for design and construction of a new 30 Mt/y primary crusher (separately procured by BHP) and[…]

Latrobe Magnesium Ltd has announced the completion of commissioning for the first phase of its 1,000 t/y, Stage 1 Demonstration Plant, successfully producing the world’s first environmentally sustainable MgO from fly ash – a waste resource from brown coal power generation. It says this marks a significant milestone in pioneering a sustainable magnesium extraction method,[…]

Liontown Resources has executed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with GR Engineering Services (GRES) for the delivery and commissioning of the paste plant facility to support the hard rock lithium underground mining operations at Kathleen Valley. The Paste Plant will include two trains capable of producing up to 160 m3 of paste per[…]

On May 3, Boliden announced that an agreement had been reached between worker’s unions and local management which enables the process of reopening Ireland’s largest mining operation – the Tara zinc mine near Navan – ‘on a more financially sustainable basis.’ In July 2023, the Tara mine was put in care and maintenance due to[…]

VoltVision, the high voltage (HV) electrical data analytics business, reports that it is continuing to expand across the African and Middle Eastern mining sectors. Following successful trials, it has acquired four new contracts with top-tier miners Barrick Gold, Centamin, Resolute Mining and Allied Gold. It states: “The ongoing success of these partnerships proves VoltVision’s capabilities[…]

To support its full flowsheet technology capabilities, FLSmidth says it is continuously developing vital skills at its well-resourced Training Academy at the company’s Chloorkop Service Centre in Gauteng.  According to the FLSmidth Training Academy Head Steve Parkinson, the training underpins the ground-up succession strategy of ensuring long term competence within the business – with the[…]

Global diamond producer Lucapa Diamonds owns 70% of Mothae Diamonds, an open-pit mine located in the diamond-rich Maluti Mountains of Lesotho, which started commercial operation in 2019 following the commissioning of its kimberlite processing plant. The mine is known to produce large, high-quality diamonds, and has had significant gem-quality recoveries including a 215 carat D-colour[…]