Archives: Mineral processing

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd has been awarded more than US$1.7 million in two new engineering and survey contracts for separate copper leach pad mining projects in southern Arizona. One of the new contracts is for a two-year master service agreement for a copper leach pad. As part of the assignment, Bowman is supplying engineering and[…]

Emerging critical mineral producer FYI Resources has announced that Minhub Operations Pty Ltd (MOPL) has appointed international engineering group, IHC Mining (IHCM) to undertake initial test work and engineering studies on a proposed Mineral Processing Plant (MSP) at the Minhub rare earths/zircon project in Darwin, Northern Territory. MOPL was established to develop an independent collaborative[…]

QMAG Pty Limited, part of the Refratechnik group, owns the Kunwarara deposit of cryptocrystalline magnesite – one of the world’s largest – located in Central Queensland, Australia. It mines the ore using the open-pit method and processes it into high quality fused (FM), dead burnt (DBM) and caustic calcined (CCM) magnesia products at the nearby[…]

Aether has announced a $49 million Series A funding round to, it says, power the next industrial revolution by helping extract rare metals and create new materials, leading to a more resource-efficient and sustainable future. The funding will be used to scale its platform and grow the company’s engineering, machine learning and hardware teams, Aether[…]

BacTech Environmental Corp, a commercially proven environmental technology company delivering eco-friendly bioleaching and remediation solutions for precious metal and critical mineral recovery, has announced that industry partner MIRARCO Mining Innovation will receive C$280,000 in grant money through the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) Network, a program focused on developing initiatives for the commercialisation of mining[…]

Ceibo, a Chilean advanced copper extraction technology company, has announced that BHP Ventures has joined as investor, closing its Series B financing for over US$30 million to accelerate its primary and secondary sulphides leaching process. Ceibo says it has put together a consortium of world leading financial investors and mining companies, which are collaborating and[…]

Feeding water into a mine, the dewatering of groundwater out of it, and the recycling of used water all depend upon a network of reliable piping systems able to withstand mining’s extreme environments, whether the mine is underground or on the surface. In remote areas such as Alaska or northwest Canada, pipes carrying water, slurry,[…]

Haver & Boecker Niagara recently opened a new service and support facility in Parauapebas, Brazil. The company welcomed clients, partners, friends, local community and city authorities to the grand opening celebration on May 18, 2023. The 43,055-square-foot (4,000 m2) facility it says provides service and support for mining operations throughout the region through cutting-edge diagnostics,[…]

In its half yearly financial report for the six months ended June 30, 2023, copper mining major Antofagasta PLC gave some detailed insight into expansion plans for two of its flagship Chilean copper mines – Los Pelambres and Centinela. The Los Pelambres Expansion project is divided into two phases with Phase 1 expected to be[…]

Metso has been awarded orders to deliver concentrate dewatering filters and pumps to two iron ore projects in India. The combined order value exceeds €10 million ($11.01 million) and was booked in the Minerals segment’s June-quarter 2023 orders received. Metso’s scope of delivery consists of the engineering, manufacturing and supply of several VPA pressure filters[…]