Archives: Mineral processing

Metso has expanded its solvent extraction offering with a wider capacity range and improved features, and is now also introducing the VSF® X solvent extraction plant with extended scope. The modular VSF X plant, part of Metso’s Planet Positive offering, allows copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese producers, among others, to purify desired metals from the[…]

Gold Fields Ltd has started production at its Salares Norte mine in Chile’s Atacama province with the pouring of its first gold-silver doré on 28 March 2024. This represents a significant milestone for Gold Fields, which has taken the project from discovery, through exploration and development to production over the past 13 years. Says Gold Fields[…]

IAMGOLD says it has completed its first gold pour at the Côté Gold Mine, in Ontario, Canada, less than 90 days since the start of pre-commissioning activities. Côté Gold is operated as a joint venture between IAMGOLD, as the operator, and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd. Renaud Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer of IAMGOLD, said:[…]

The Government of Canada has awarded C$18.1 million from its Low Carbon Economy Fund to Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) to support the decarbonisation of iron ore processing at its operations in Labrador West. The funding will enable IOC to reduce the amount of heavy fuel oil that is consumed in the[…]

Metso is introducing the latest unit, the Nordberg® HP350e™, to its Nordberg HPe crusher series launched in 2023, saying the crusher offers enhanced performance, higher uptime, easier and safer maintenance, and a series of other improvements. The Nordberg HPe crushers are engineered to meet the evolving and constantly increasing performance needs of the aggregates and[…]

The lithium processing industry is constantly evolving, and technology advancements have been crucial in shaping its future. Several companies and organisations within the mining and mineral processing sector have led the way in pushing innovation to new heights and have transformed the lithium processing technology landscape. In recent years, there has been a surge in[…]

Lifezone Metals Limited says it has received a Multi-Metal Processing Facility Licence from the Government of Tanzania to refine nickel, copper and cobalt from its Kabanga nickel project at Kahama, located beside Barrick Gold’s former Buzwagi gold mine. The Kabanga nickel project is in northwest Tanzania and is believed to be one of the world’s[…]

Metso says it has opened its largest service centre globally in Karratha, Western Australia, aiming to support the growing demand of customers’ needs, delivering more sustainable, state-of-the-art services to operators in the state. Located in the Pilbara, the centre serves mining and aggregates customers with comprehensive maintenance and repair solutions, it said. The inauguration ceremony[…]

Crushing and grinding remains the highest energy consumption in a mining operation. So if an operation can improve grinding efficiency, they get a powerful cost saving and a positive environmental impact. Glencore Technology have been exploring this for some time. But it says now a valued client’s separate agenda to chase the same outcome has[…]

Salinity Solutions, an engineering tech start-up based in Birmingham (UK) has secured a £1 million initial investment from SQM Lithium Ventures to fund the next stage of its growth. SQM Lithium Ventures, in return, will take ownership of a minority stake in the company, with the option to acquire additional equity in the future. SQM[…]