Archives: Mineral processing

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™,[…]

Anglo Asian Mining has started the expansion of its flotation plant at the Gedabek site in Azerbaijan, with the company set to add an additional three rougher/scavenger cells and four cleaner cells from Maelgwyn Mineral Services. The expansion will see the plant capacity doubled, while providing additional operational flexibility, it said. It also forms part[…]

MACA Interquip has been awarded a A$39.7 million ($26.3 million) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the refurbishment of the Three Mile Hill (TMH) processing plant at the Coolgardie gold project, in Western Australia. Focus Minerals, the owner of the project, paused production in 2013 in response to lower gold prices to concentrate on[…]

GR Engineering Services has been appointed preferred tenderer by Boab Metals Limited in relation to the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the processing plant and non-process infrastructure for the Sorby Hills lead-silver project in Kununurra, Western Australia. GR Engineering and Sorby Hills Management Pty Ltd (the manager of the Sorby Hills joint venture)[…]

Many hydrometallurgy plants that employ solvent extraction (SX) as an upgrading and purification step, have to contend with the formation of crud within the SX circuit. Effective management of crud is essential to prevent build-up in the settlers and the adverse effects on metal recoveries. ProProcess’ integrated Crud Forx™ system is a solids removal solution[…]

DRA Global is continuing its relationship with thermal coal major Bravus Mining & Resources after securing a multimillion-dollar contract for the operations and maintenance services of the Carmichael Coal Handling and Preparation facility (CHPP) in central Queensland, Australia. The three-year contract, with one plus one-year options, is the first operations and maintenance services contract for[…]

Adventus Mining Corporation says negotiations have concluded for the award of the open pit mining contract to a joint-venture between STRACON SA, the well-established Peruvian mining contractor with operations throughout the Americas, and RIPCONCIV, a large and respected Ecuadorian infrastructure construction contractor, for the development of the El Domo-Curipamba copper-gold project located in central Ecuador.[…]

One of the oldest iron ore mining operations in Brazil, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN)-owned Casa de Pedra holds more than 6 billion tons of resources and 3 billion tons in reserves. The operation mines four orebodies with the iron ore sent for processing in the Central Plant (wet route) or the Mobile Plants (dry route),[…]

Core Lithium Ltd says crushing of lithium ore from the Finniss lithium mine in the Northern Territory of Australia has recently commenced, with the direct shipping ore (DSO) now making its way from the operation to Darwin Port where it will be shipped towards the end of the month. Last month, Core announced it completed[…]

Italian group Webuild has announced that it has reached a conditional agreement to acquire the entire share capital of the Australian company Clough Ltd from South Africa’s Murray & Roberts. Webuild was born in 2020 from Salini Impregilo, is a leading global player in the construction of large, complex projects for sustainable mobility (rail, metro,[…]