Archives: Mineral processing

The Taseko Mines story is indicative of the current environment miners find themselves in – maximise productivity to grow margins at existing operations or invest in innovative new methods of extracting critical metals that come with a reduced footprint. The Vancouver-based company is pursuing both options at the two main assets on its books –[…]

Aya Gold & Silver Inc has announced that its subsidiary, Zgounder Millennium Silver Mining SA, has entered into a fixed price EPC contract with Spanish company Duro Felguera SA (DF) for construction of the new Zgounder process plant in the Kingdom of Morocco. The miner says it has also awarded contracts for the construction of[…]

TAKRAF Group, a leading global provider of innovative technological solutions to the mining and associated industries, including a range of in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) technologies, has appointed Thomas Jabs as Chief Executive Officer. Jabs is a skilled leader with over 20 years of experience in the mining and plant engineering business in various executive[…]

Metso Outotec says it has signed an agreement with Kyzyl Aray Copper, a subsidiary of Caravan Resources, for the supply of copper solvent extraction and electrowinning technology for a plant to be built in the Karagandy region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The order of approximately €35 million ($37 million) covers a technology package delivery[…]

Czech Republic-based Draslovka Holding is heading into a busy 12-month period where its glycine leaching technology will be showcased at numerous mining projects across the globe, the company told IM on the side lines of the Resourcing Tomorrow conference, in London, this week. According to Ivor Bryan, Director of Mining Innovation at Draslovka Mining Solutions[…]

JSC Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical complex, Almalyk MMC, in Uzbekistan has awarded Metso Outotec a contract for the design and basic engineering work for their new copper smelter complex. Two thirds of the approximately €15 million contract is booked in Metals’ fourth-quarter order intake and one third in Minerals’ fourth-quarter order intake. The basic engineering[…]

Pilbara Minerals and Calix have executed a joint venture (JV) agreement for the development of a demonstration plant using Calix’s patented calcination technology at the Pilgangoora project in Western Australia. The aim of the joint venture is to produce lithium salts via an innovative midstream “value added” refining process leveraging this calcination technology. It will[…]

The Queensland Government has committed funding to “reinvigorate” the Mount Morgan gold mine in the state, backing the tailings processing plans of Heritage Minerals, Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, Cameron Dick, has confirmed. “From its proud history as the world’s largest gold mine in the early 1900s, Mount Morgan has been under State[…]

Anglo American says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Aurubis AG, a provider of non-ferrous metals and one of the world’s largest copper recyclers, to develop a copper product offering that responds to increasing expectations for future-enabling metals that are sustainably sourced and supplied. The objective of the collaboration is to provide assurance[…]

Rio Tinto says it has proven the effectiveness of its low-carbon iron-making process using ores from its mines in Australia in a small-scale pilot plant in Germany, and is now planning the development of a larger-scale pilot plant to further assess its potential to help decarbonise the steel value chain. The process, known as BioIron™,[…]