Archives: Mineral processing

In May 2022, Kinross Chile completed the assembly of its new FAM mobile tailings stacker at the La Coipa gold mine, Chile. The new 1,000 t/h tailings stacker for leached gold ore was one of the first improvements identified in the Phase 7 project due to a long lead-time in the delivery of the materials[…]

Having opted to go with a flotation circuit made entirely of Glencore Technology’s Jameson Cells for its New Britannia copper-gold operation in northern Manitoba, the miner is also also making the technology the main sulphide ore separation route for its planned Copper World Complex in Arizona, which includes the recently discovered Copper World deposits along[…]

Gekko Systems has executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Clean Earth Technologies (CET). The MOU will see both parties enter into a working relationship in the interests of identifying and pursuing appropriate project opportunities that can combine CET’s safer, more environmentally responsible technologies and reagents seeking to make gold processing that is cyanide and[…]

Atlas Copco’s E-Air V1100 Variable Speed Drive (VSD) electric compressors are helping Mexico-based manganese producer, Autlán, improve the effectiveness of its ore sorting process by providing clean, dry compressed air whose temperature doesn’t exceed 20°C above ambient, the company says. Compressed air is an essential component in the production of manganese nodules, with one such[…]

The ability to leach primary copper sulphides has, on many occasions, proved a hurdle too much, with conceptual work in the laboratory or pilot scale falling down on sub-economic or volatile recovery rates when working out in the field. This problem tends to result in one of two things: new capital-intensive concentrators are brought into[…]

Visitors to this year’s Electra Mining Africa exhibition in Johannesburg will see SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa unleash more technology to drive productivity and efficiency. Addressing growing demand for reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa will launch its DriveRadar® solution for remote condition monitoring and maintenance forecasting. The new solution uses an extensive package[…]

Horizonte Minerals says it has awarded all major and long-lead-time process plant equipment contracts for its flagship Araguaia nickel project in Brazil, with FLSmidth, Metso Outotec, Uvån Hagfors Teknologi AB (UHT) and Inteco Melting and Casting Technologies GMBH named as recipients. Following completion of the competitive tender processes and detailed negotiations, the company has now[…]

Berco, a leading manufacturer and supplier of undercarriage parts, has chosen Bauma 2022, in Munich, Germany, to reveal to the world the company-wide transformation which it is undergoing. The Italy-based company is setting its path to become a truly global service provider, reaching far beyond the delivery of components for the undercarriage, to satisfy a[…]

TOMRA Mining will showcase its sensor-based sorting solutions at the Electra Mining 2022 exhibition, in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September, showcasing, for the first time, live demonstrations of its COM XRT 300 /FR Final Recovery sorter for diamond operations. Representatives from its Sales and Field Service teams will also present TOMRA’s offering of advanced digital[…]

SPX FLOW, Inc, a leading provider of process solutions for the nutrition, health and industrial markets, has expanded its Innovation Center in Xidu, China to better serve customers in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on the mixing process. With its Lightnin products, SPX FLOW has pioneered many of the mixing techniques now considered standard[…]