Archives: Mineral processing

With an extensive footprint from the rock face all the way through to tailings, it was only a matter of time before the Weir Group decided to enter the ore sorting game. In recent years, the company has re-focused as a pureplay mining and aggregates company that can provide value throughout the flowsheet. The company[…]

Técnicas Reunidas says it will lead from its José Lladó Technology Centre the development of a research project of great strategic importance for Europe: the recovery of minerals and metals considered as critical raw materials (CPM), key for the technology sector and the ecological transition. The European Commission has recently warned that the transition towards[…]

Among the new applications, technologies and data analytics Freeport-McMoRan is advancing as part of a plan to improve copper recovery from its leach processes in North and South America is Jetti Resources’ patented catalytic technology, the company has confirmed to IM. In its December quarter and 2022 annual results, released late last month, the leading[…]

Caren Hoffman has been appointed VP of BASF’s global mining solutions business, effective January 1, 2023. The business, which she now leads, focuses on the development and marketing of innovative chemistries and digital applications that offer sustainable solutions for the mineral processing industry. “My goal is to increase awareness about what our innovative chemistry, coupled[…]

The Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad is deepening its relationships with top Indian miners to help further technology solutions to improve mining and mineral processing efficiency, including for lower grade ores. Firstly, Tata Steel has established a Centre for Innovation in Mining and Mineral Beneficiation at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. The company aims to strengthen its long-term competitiveness through excellence in developing[…]

South Africa-based Weba Chute Systems is set to provide 10 more of its custom engineered transfer chutes for the expansion of an underground crusher station at a platinum mine in Zimbabwe. Overseeing the contract for Weba Chute Systems is Project Manager, Ted Cruikshank, who explains that the design, manufacture and delivery of the units is[…]

Sedgman says it will partner with enviroMETS Qld in 2023, supporting its mission to find innovative and sustainable repurposing, re-commercialising and remediation solutions to mining-impacted land. A CIMIC Group company, Sedgman is a specialist in mineral processing and has experience designing and executing solutions for reducing tailings volumes in projects involving tailings reprocessing and dewatering.[…]

Aiming to mitigate the risk of long term International Cyanide Management Institute non-compliance and possible detrimental environmental impact of discharging high weak acid dissociable (WAD) cyanide levels in its CTSF tailings dam, Barrick Gold Corp-operated Kibali Goldmines (KGM) in DRC several years ago began evaluating the possibility of using AZMET Technology & Projects’ Cyanide Removal[…]

Atlas Iron says it has awarded the major haulage, mine load and haul as well as drill and blast contracts for its McPhee project in Western Australia, bringing the iron ore project one step closer to construction and commissioning. With these contracts, the total number of major contracts awarded for the project is over 50%,[…]

Orica has announced the release of its latest OREPro™ 3D Predict modelling software that, it says, predicts blast movement in near real time and optimises grade control value. Over 30 years of research and development (R&D) coupled with significant cloud-based computing power have led to the creation of OREPro 3D Predict software, which is at[…]