Archives: Mineral processing

Vale has started load tests of its iron ore briquette plants at the Tubarão Unit in Vitória, Brazil, as part of a project it believes could eventually reduce steel industry CO2 emissions by up to 10%. The load tests are part of the plant’s commissioning and are one of the last stages before production begins,[…]

Gekko Systems says the mineral processing plant to recover tungsten at the Dolphin Mine in King Island, in Tasmania, Australia, has now reached the commercial production milestone. Group 6 Metals (G6M) contracted Gekko Systems to design, procure and construct a mineral processing plant for the recovery of tungsten at the mine back in 2021. The[…]

Alien Metals Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Iron Ore Company of Australia Pty Ltd (IOCA), has selected Rapid Crushing & Screening Contractors Pty Ltd as its preferred supplier to undertake the crushing and screening operations at the flagship Hancock iron ore project in the Pilbara of Western Australia. IOCA says it has conducted a competitive market engagement[…]

Marula Mining, an African focused mining and development company, has provided an update on the Blesberg lithium and tantalum mine, where the company through arrangements with Q Global Commodities is completing the acquisition of two sensor-based, XRF ore sorting plants that will now be commissioned at Blesberg in Q4 2023 and used initially to increase[…]

The Coalition for Minerals Efficiency (CEEC) has awarded the 2022 CEEC Medal for Operations to a group of researchers for their paper on the commissioning of an Eriez HydroFloat® Separator in a copper concentrator. The writers of the paper; Karina Arburo, Jaime Zuniga; Adrian McDonald and Felipe Valdes, all of Anglo American, along with Jose Concha[…]

The next step in the integration of SP Mining – the mining-related business of Schenck Process acquired by global, high-tech engineering group Sandvik – will see SP mining entities change their names to reflect their new ownership. On October 1, Schenck Process Australia Pty Limited, which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sandvik in November last[…]

Multotec says it has expanded its facilities and capacity of its mill lining factory in Spartan, South Africa, to meet the rising demand, enabling the company to manufacture larger mill liners for clients around the globe. The expansion consists of the installation of three new presses at the factory that will boost manufacturing capacity by 15-20%[…]

A growing awareness of the potential negative impact of harmful emissions on the environment and public health has put pressure on mineral processing and mining operators. Governments have been introducing increasingly strict legislation to regulate emission levels and reduce the impact of activities, such as mineral processing, on the environment. One of the main areas[…]

The focus on copper leaching technology is very marked – and all the copper majors including Codelco, AMSA, Freeport, Glencore, Rio Tinto and BHP are looking at their own and third party solutions. In its financial results for the year ended 30 June 2023, BHP has outlined progress with what it calls its Full SaL[…]

Superior Industries, Inc., a Minnesota-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has announced the acquisition of CEMCO, Inc. of Belen, New Mexico. CEMCO is a 60-year-old manufacturing company and originator of the modern Vertical Shaft Impact (VSI) Crusher, which, CEMCO says, revolutionised production of high quality road-making material. Today, CEMCO[…]