Archives: Mineral processing

Remote monitoring specialist Omniflex and engineering firm AMOG Consulting have received new funding from industry growth centre METS Ignited that will could accelerate the commercialisation of the companies’ Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) oversize detection instrumentation for the global mining industry. The award is part of a METS Ignited A$2.5 million ($1.8 million) funding initiative[…]

Following a successful trial of a MineSense’s ShovelSense ore sorting unit at Teck Resources’ Carmen de Andacollo mine in Chile, the operation is now using the system to divert trucks in real-time, MineSense says. The implementation of an additional ShovelSense system at CDA is now also underway, the Vancouver-based company says. CDA is Teck Resource’s[…]

SPX FLOW Inc says it has fully integrated the additions to its mixing solutions portfolio, creating a bigger, more technologically advanced offering for customers. By combining these legacy companies and brands – Lightnin, Plenty, Stelzer, Uutechnic and Philadelphia Mixing Solutions – both new and existing customers now have access to the best solution across all[…]

Vale’s sustainability efforts are continuing to be displayed to the rest of the industry, with the major miner making a significant contribution to a report on the sustainable use of sand in mining and starting construction on a ‘green pig iron’ production facility in Brazil. On the former, the University of Queensland, through its Sustainable[…]

Five 500 series cased peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions are playing an important role in a demonstration plant at Cornish Lithium’s Shallow Geothermal Test Site in the UK. Originally built to test the concept of extracting lithium from geothermal waters, Cornish Lithium is now working on an upgraded version of the test plant[…]

FLSmidth says it has been chosen to supply a range of mineral processing equipment for a large, established copper-gold mine in Southeast Asia. The equipment, some of the largest in the world, will allow the mine to increase its process capacity. The order was booked in Q1 2022 and is valued at approximately DKK360 million.[…]

Metso Outotec says it has signed an agreement for the delivery of engineering and key equipment for an iron ore grate kiln pellet plant to Jindal Steel Odisha Limited (JSOL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL). The plant is located in the industrial city of Angul, eastern India. Metso Outotec’s[…]

FLSmidth has been chosen as the supplier of the rotary kiln and rotary dryer for the Araguaia Niquel Metais Ltda ferronickel mine in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The order was booked in Q1 2022 and is valued at approximately DKK285 million. Alongside the pyroprocessing systems, which include the rotary kiln,[…]

CDE, a leading supplier of wet processing solutions for the mineral processing and waste recycling sectors, has revealed its new AquaCycle A2500 thickener, the latest addition to its top-of-the-line water management and recycling systems. With a capacity of 2,500 m³/h, the new A2500 is CDE’s largest and most advanced water management system to date. It[…]

Weir Minerals has announced a new partnership with XMPro, a digital twin platform, to enable intelligent equipment and services and support miners to achieve higher performance while also reducing the environmental footprint of their operations, the mining OEM says. The XMPro platform – as a part of the Synertrex® digital ecosystem – will facilitate the[…]