Archives: Mineral processing

UK company Hewitt Robins says it has recently supplied two extra heavy-duty Vibrating Feeders to one of the world’s biggest copper ore mines, Codelco Chuquicamata. The mine, for which the production focus has now moved underground, is part of Chilean state enterprise Codelco, and situated in Calama, Chile and is the largest open pit copper[…]

Phoenix Process Equipment Co was founded in 1984 and is well known in mining for equipment including its HYDROSORT Classifier which has been deployed in the minerals industry including foruranium ore processing as an example. But a key technology focus area since the company’s inception has been dewatering of fine tailings from mining applications with[…]

NRW Holdings Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Primero Group, has executed a long term contract for the operations and maintenance (O&M) of Core Lithium’s processing plant and related infrastructure at its Finniss lithium project in the Northern Territory of Australia. Under the terms of the contract, Primero will operate and maintain the processing and infrastructure facilities at[…]

For 15 years, Norsk Hydro-owned Hydro Paragominas has actively contributed to the economic and social development of the municipality of Paragominas and intends to continue with its sustainable bauxite mining operations in the region. The Miltônia 5 (M5) project represents this objective: an investment of approximately BRL 590 million (just under US$114 million) in a[…]

Malvern Panalytical, a leading supplier of analytical systems and services in mining and other industries, has teamed up with the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) in a project to help the mining industry in Europe to achieve net zero carbon mining by enhancing the green transition and digitisation of the industry. Finding minerals and metals[…]

NRW Holdings company Primero Group recently began a four year contract with Atlas Iron Pty Ltd which includes design, supply, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of crushing and screening facilities to produce lump and fine iron ore products for Atlas’ Miralga Creek operation at processing rates of up to 1,000 t/h. The PGX-1000 plant innovations[…]

Core Resources has announced that its proprietary Toowong ProcessTM Technology has been acquired by “a leading resources group.” The process safely removes arsenic, antimony and other impurities from copper concentrates. At the heart of the process is a patented Alkaline Leaching (AL) step that selectively solubilises key penalty impurities. The process produces a clean premium[…]

Eriez has announced the opening of its newest sales office in Western Australia, replacing its long-time sales representative organization Western Process Equipment (WPE) with an Eriez-owned and operated sales and service centre in Perth. WPE has served Eriez customers in Perth for more than five decades, offering an extensive line of Eriez equipment, most notably[…]

Rio Tinto has started producing spodumene concentrate, which is used in the production of lithium for batteries, at a demonstration plant at its Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) Quebec Operations metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Canada. The plant will demonstrate at industrial scale a new spodumene concentration process that provides lithium oxide (Li20) grades and[…]

Metso Outotec is introducing the next generation of its ColumnCell™ flotation cells to the market. The new Metso Outotec ColumnCell™ leverages the company’s legacy technologies, as well as state-of-the-art best practices, it says “delivering superior metallurgical flotation performance and energy efficiency for a wide range of applications and duties.” “In designing the new ColumnCell™, current[…]