Archives: Mineral processing

Caterpillar Inc has announced a new alliance with IMA Engineering to enhance Caterpillar’s innovative Cat® Precision Mining initiative. This collaboration aims to use cutting-edge technology to provide real-time, detailed information about ore, enabling sites to improve the efficiency and accuracy of mining operations. Cat Precision Mining is Caterpillar’s advanced vision to improve every step of[…]

Freeport-McMoRan is to start using robots from US-based Gecko Robotics to generate the required data to feed machine-learning algorithms, attendees of the Financial Times’ Mining Summit 2024, in London, heard last month. Freeport is looking to bolster copper production from its existing assets in expectation of the world requiring more of the red metal, and[…]

In a significant stride towards sustainable mining, Clean TeQ Water has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited and StitchWise Pty Ltd to launch a commercial demonstration of its innovative ATA® Dewatering Technology. The demonstration will take place at Harmony Gold’s St Helena mine tailings storage facility in South Africa.[…]

The Gekko Systems team has announced a major landmark with the sale of its 200th production scale InLine Leach Reactor (ILR) to Marmato Mine in Colombia, operated by Aris Mining Colombia. The InLine Leach Reactor was invented in 1997 by Gekko’s Technical Director and Co-Founder Sandy Gray one year after the start-up of Gekko in 1996.[…]

Mining activities lead to substantial quantities of tailings and slags containing metallic trace elements, leaving persistent pollutants in the environment and are toxic even in low concentrations. Non-ferrous metals, ferrous metals and rare precious metals are mostly recovered by flotation, and the tailings are generally directly discharged to the tailings ponds for storage or backfilled.[…]

Screening is one of the oldest mineral processing methods known, but in its most modern forms it is still being factored into the latest forward thinking flowsheet designs. A good example is from Weir, which has recently expanded its range of ENDURON® screens. Its ENDURON® ELITE screen, which was recently unveiled at MINExpo 2024, is[…]

Codelco and ABB have signed a letter of intent to explore a long-term strategic collaboration looking into ways to further decarbonise the state-owned mining company’s numerous operational sites in Chile by deploying digitalisation, automation and electrification solutions. The two companies aim to work together to identify Codelco’s innovation needs as the miner continues to fulfil[…]

Metso says it has been awarded repeat orders for a mining customer’s sites in Africa for the supply of liners for SAG and ball mills. Metso’s scope of supply includes metallic liners for the SAG mills, and Metallic and Megaliner ™ composite linings for the ball mills. Additional services are offered including MillMapper™ liner wear[…]

Metso says it is investing in the development of energy-saving comminution technology and has signed an agreement to acquire the outstanding shares of its long-term partner Swiss Tower Mills Minerals AG (STM). Previously, Metso had a 15% minority ownership in the company. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction value. Metso decided to[…]

Metso has been awarded an order for the delivery of sustainable tailings dewatering technology to an operating copper mine in Africa, with the total value of the order exceeding €20 million ($22 million). Metso’s scope of delivery consists of the engineering and supply of a Planet Positive copper tailings dewatering plant unit including an HRT[…]