Archives: Mineral processing

Gold Fields’ Agnew mine in Western Australia is continuing to innovate, with its latest technology development involving the installation of a new modular Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions crushing system that can align with its day-time solar generation capabilities on site. The operation has recently completed one of the biggest hybrid renewable projects in the mining[…]

Metso Outotec says it has signed a contract to deliver key process technology to Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Company’s MOF3 copper-gold-molybdenum concentrator complex in Almalyk, in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. The planned capacity of the plant, which is situated next to the Yoshlik-1 deposit, is 60 Mt/y, with the contract value exceeding €100 million[…]

TAKRAF Group says it is registering strong demand for its new generation DELKOR BQR flotation cell, now equipped with the MAXGen mechanism for best-in-class metallurgical performance across a wide range of commodities. Its MAXGen-equipped cells were first commercially applied at a cement works in India, in order to maximise limestone recovery. In other, more recent[…]

Realising the vision of a world of clean energy brings the issue of metal supply into sharp focus, with major and sustained increases required to meet growing demands, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Ellen Thomson* writes. With copper, for example, there are predictions of a shortfall of 15 Mt per annum by 2034 based on the current[…]

Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has launched the latest solution to its EcoStruxure™ Plant Advisor platform specifically for the mining and cement industries. EcoStruxure™ Plant Advisor – Process Intelligence uses Artificial intelligence (AI), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and an open platform philosophy to improve sustainability and[…]

A 2,800 t/h MRA ore sorting installation at First Quantum Minerals’ Kansanshi copper mine in Zambia is now fully commissioned and using diversion hardware, Chris Beal, CEO of NextOre, told RFC Ambrian and Stonegate Capital Partners’ Copper Pathway to 2030 webinar on Tuesday. Presenting alongside speakers from RFC Ambrian, Oroco Resource Corp and First Quantum[…]

A new report from multi-disciplinary engineering, operational and development project, Hatch, estimates Australia’s mining waste can be reduced by 30% using already available technologies. One of the biggest challenges currently facing the mining industry is managing the volume of tailings generated as minerals mining ramps up to meet the demands of the transition to renewable[…]

Metso Outotec and Malvern Panalytical have signed a collaboration agreement to, the OEM says, provide sensor-based bulk ore sorting solutions to the mining industry. The combination of the companies’ expertise in crushing and bulk material handling solutions, and ore analysers enables the parties to offer an industry-leading portfolio of solutions for bulk ore sorting, Metso[…]

Bellevue Gold Limited has awarded GR Engineering Services Limited engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work related to the 1 Mt/y gold processing plant and associated infrastructure for its namesake project in Western Australia. GR Engineering will immediately commence design engineering services and ordering of long lead and design critical path equipment including the ball mill,[…]

Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia Pty Ltd (TLEA) has announced first production of battery-grade lithium from its plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, marking the first time battery-grade lithium, or lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM), has been produced in Australia in commercial quantities. This is a significant milestone for TLEA and Australian mining as the sector expands to[…]