Archives: Mineral processing

Excelsior Mining says it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Nuton LLC, a Rio Tinto venture, to evaluate the use of its Nuton copper heap leaching technologies at Excelsior’s Johnson Camp mine in Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Rio Tinto has developed the Nuton technologies, an extensive portfolio of advanced copper heap leaching technologies targeted[…]

Metso Outotec says it and thyssenkrupp Uhde have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ma’aden in Saudi Arabia for developing a novel circular concept to improve the sustainability of Ma’aden’s phosphate operations. The aim is to design a groundbreaking integrated complex for processing of phosphogypsum, a waste by-product from phosphoric acid production, to reduce the[…]

A fluorite mine some 100 km outside Pretoria, South Africa, has become the first recipient of Sandvik Rock Processing’s first locally-manufactured SmartPlant™ in Africa. Following its recent commissioning, the 300 t/h plant has already met process guarantees and reached nameplate capacity, according to the OEM. To improve efficiency and productivity, a South Africa-based fluorspar producer[…]

Diemme Filtration’s GHT5000F Domino, the largest filter press in the world, is finally in operation. IM can reveal that the unit is running at the Toquepala copper mine in Peru, which is operated by Southern Copper Corporation (SCC), a majority owned subsidiary of Grupo Mexico. The unit first arrived in Peru in the summer of[…]

Metso Outotec has celebrated the inauguration of a new engineering centre in Vadodara, Gujarat, in India, on January 17, 2023. The centre will be continuously developed with the goal to expand its key capabilities in serving customers. Currently, the engineering centre employs more than 90 persons; the new facility is set to grow in a[…]

Anglo American has announced the appointment of Alison Atkinson as Group Director –Projects & Development and a member of Anglo American’s Group Management Committee, to take effect during the second quarter of 2023. Alison is currently the CEO of AWE, an arms-length body of the UK Government responsible for developing and maintaining essential elements of[…]

Pilot Crushtec says Africa’s only locally manufactured, fully mobile double-roll crusher, the DoppiaTrac DR400, continues to perform well in the field of mobile coal crushing. The DoppiaTrac DR400 now has a decade of success in the field, according to the company, achieving production rates of 300-400 t/h. “We designed the DR400 from the ground up[…]

An updated feasibility study on Tungsten West’s Hemerdon project in Devon, England, has brought with it a processing re-optimisation program that includes a complete redesign of the front-end crushing circuit at the mine, a process that, it says, will considerably reduce the capital expenditure associated with this development. The new study outlined average annual production[…]

FLSmidth and Sibanye-Stillwater’s subsidiary company Keliber have entered into an agreement for the supply of pyro-processing technology to the Keliber project’s lithium hydroxide refinery in Kokkola. The agreement is of great strategic importance to both companies, building on the existing relationship involving testing and engineering for the Kokkola lithium hydroxide refinery. FLSmidth is set to[…]

Bradken has confirmed its growth aspirations in the mining wear solutions space with the acquisition of Linings, a Peru-based leader in composite mill liners. Bradken says its expansion into the manufacturing of rubber composite mill liners and other products confirms its focus on serving the mining sector with innovative wear solutions and the importance of[…]