Archives: Mineral processing

Metso is introducing a new solution to its Sense series portfolio of intelligent instruments targeted at solving specific process challenges and enabling optimisation of mineral and hydrometallurgical plant process performance. VertiSense™, Metso says, enables real-time wear monitoring of screw liners and enhances the grinding process in Vertimill® stirred mills. Rodrigo Rizzoli, Vice President, Stirred Mills[…]

Global mining company Gold Fields has begun using a comprehensive digital platform from ABB to coordinate production scheduling and execution across its Granny Smith Mine in Western Australia. The mining leader has deployed the ABB Ability™ Operations Management System (OMS) at the mine, 740 km northeast of Perth. The OMS is a contributing factor to[…]

Gold Fields Ltd advises that the Salares Norte gold project in Chile, which commenced construction in February 2021, is currently 97% complete, with certain sections of the plant already in pre-commissioning. Ramp up of the project has been significantly de-risked with mining activities having continued throughout the construction and commissioning phase resulting in 1.6 million[…]

Liontown Resources says Monadelphous has been awarded the wet plant structural, mechanical, piping and electrical & instrumentation contract for the Kathleen Valley lithium project in Western Australia. This appointment, valued at approximately A$100 million ($64 million), enables a vertically integrated approach to construction of the critical path wet plant, according to Liontown, providing efficiencies and[…]

ADP, a Lycopodium business, commenced operations with the design and supply of modular diamond plants in 1997. Over the ensuing years it has expanded its capabilities to deliver all traditional and specialised project services for the mining industry across a range of commodities, including diamonds, fluorspar, gold, graphite, iron ore, lithium, mineral sands, platinum, rare[…]

A quiet revolution is underway in the mining sector as innovations and knowledge gleaned from space exploration help improve productivity, reduce emissions and create better outcomes for workers and communities, AROSE* Program Director, Michelle Keegan, explains. The extreme demands of Space exploration and the drive for efficiency in the mining industry is creating new forms[…]

Monadelphous Group has secured what it says is a major contract for the construction of the Chemical Grade Plant 3 (CGP3) at Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes site in the south west of Western Australia. The multidisciplinary contract, valued at approximately A$160 million ($102 million), covers the installation of a new crushing and screening facility and lithium[…]

CDE has announcd the official opening of its new Australian headquarters in Queensland as it commits additional resources to the local market. Based in Stapylton, near Brisbane and the Gold Coast, the new 2,900 sq.m site, complete with managed stores, is part of the company’s wider growth plans and follows the announcement and commissioning of[…]

The FUCHS Group, which operates globally in the lubricants industry, has expanded its presence in South America with the full acquisition of FUCHS LUBRICANTS SpA in Chile. On September 1, 2023, the joint venture seamlessly transitioned into a wholly owned subsidiary of the FUCHS Group. FUCHS LUBRICANTS SpA was founded in 2018 when FUCHS acquired[…]

Metso is celebrating 50 years of mechnical flotation this month, reflecting on the pivotal role flotation technology has played in the company’s history over the last five decades. Evolving from humble beginnings at Outokumpu, and then further developed by Outotec, Metso has shaped the course of mechanical flotation and propelled the industry forward, it says.[…]