Archives: Mineral processing

The performance of Multotec’s pulping chutes at Ekapa’s diamond treatment operation in Kimberley, South Africa, over the past couple of years has, the company says, opened the door to quicker and more cost effective fines scrubbing. According to John Britton, Technical Consultant at Multotec, the two pulping chutes have achieved outstanding results, helping the customer’s[…]

Heng Huang is the Managing Director of Beijing HOT Mining Tech Co Ltd, one of the most innovative and up and coming players in China’s mineral processing technology and mining equipment markets. His background includes various roles at JohnFinlay Engineering Pty Co Ltd in engineering and project delivery for coal preparation, handling and washing plants,[…]

Metso Outotec says it has been awarded a contract to deliver sustainable grinding technology to an iron ore project producing premium pellet feed in South America. The total value of the order exceeds €10 million ($10.2 million), the company says. The OEM’s scope of delivery consists of the engineering, manufacturing and supply of four Vertimill®[…]

Competing with leading OEMs from around the world, vibrating screen specialist OEM Kwatani says it has snatched a mammoth export order for over 70 screens from a mining operation in Central Asia. The order was signed in April with a large copper mine in the region, which boasts a production rate of 35 Mt/y. According[…]

Honeywell has opened a new assembly facility in Almaty for advanced automation and security equipment for complex industrial plants in the mining, oil refining, petrochemical, energy and other sectors in Kazakhstan. The new facility, as part of Honeywell’s strategy to expand localisation in Kazakhstan, will produce Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSS) that integrate distributed[…]

Turkish Quartz mining company Mikroman Maden A.Ş is leveraging TOMRA’s laser-based ore sorting solution to process the finer materials at its operations and turn them into value, the sorting company says. Mikroman first adopted sensor-based sorting technology at three of its processing plants in 2018, installing three high-capacity TOMRA PRO Secondary LASER sorters, in the[…]

Potash mining is booming, a combination of fertiliser demand globally in conjunction with world events affecting supply from Russia and Belarus. And, as with other types of mining, a major focus for operators, existing and new, is reducing GHG emissions, while at the same time increasing efficiencies. BHP from the outset wanted to make its[…]

The Weir Group says it has submitted new, more ambitious Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for validation. The move, which follows its commitment, in December 2021, to set SBTi targets, could see the company include absolute reductions in Scope 1 and 2 emissions of 30%[…]

GR Engineering Services Limited, following a preliminary works agreement signed in May, has entered into a contract with Golden Spur Resources Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bellevue Gold Limited for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works in relation to the 1 Mt/y gold processing plant and associated infrastructure for the Bellevue gold project[…]

Tungsten West PLC, the mining company focussed on restarting production at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon, England, has concluded a re-evaluation of the options for bringing the Hemerdon Mine back into production and announces its new development plan. The plan has been developed in response to global crises in power and diesel[…]