Archives: Mineral processing

In the mining industry, operators have long resigned themselves to the laborious and dangerous process of manually cleaning accumulated salts from the wastewater passing through the weirs, baffles, and troughs of clarifier and thickener tanks. The salt build-up can accumulate at a surprising rate and quickly harden to halt the function of the weirs, tanks,[…]

eCombustible Energy LLC, a leading innovator and provider of customisable hydrogen-based fuel for thermal industrial applications, has received authorisation from Brazil’s Ministry of State for the Environment and Sustainable Development to begin construction and installation activities of its patented fuel supply modules at a nickel mine in Brazil operated by Anglo American. Anglo has two[…]

Horizonte Minerals PLC, the nickel development company focused in Brazil, has awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contract for the construction of its 100% owned Araguaia ferronickel project to Pöyry Tecnologia Ltda, the Brazilian subsidiary of global engineering services firm AFRY. The project comprises an open pit nickel laterite mining operation that delivers[…]

Molycop has announced the completion of the acquisition of the assets of Digital Control Lab (DCL), a provider of mill monitoring solutions based in Florida, USA. DCL has an established market position in the cement and mining mill monitoring domain, combined with strong brand recognition, innovative engineering capabilities and a reputation for delivering a differentiated[…]

Mineral Technologies, a Downer company, has added a new spiral separator to its MD range with the Australia-made WW7. The WW7 are manufactured in the company’s ISO9001:2015-accredited Australian manufacturing facility and shipped to customers worldwide. Designed with improved wash-water diverters, the new WW7 is great for operations requiring a simpler method of wash-water addition and[…]

Chilean magnetite iron ore major Compañía Minera del Pacífico (CMP) has chosen Diemme Filtration as a partner for the installation of a tailings filtration system at its iron pelletisation plant in the Huasco Valley. Forming part of its focus on sustainability, the dewatering technology will make it possible to store dry cake as waste and[…]

Nick Williams, Founder and Managing Director of Vitrinite has signed the first contract to supply a highwall miner to support the Vulcan Mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin this week with India’s Gainwell Engineering Global Pte Ltd. Vitrinite says it is honoured to be the first buyer of Gainwell’s GHWM300M outside India and believes that the[…]

The Mt Cattlin mine, owned by Galaxy Resources Ltd (part of the Allkem group of companies), is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Having recommenced the operation in 2016 following a period of inactivity, the open pit mine produces high-quality spodumene concentrate for the global lithium market. The demand for this commodity[…]

FLSmidth has signed an agreement with Microsoft aimed at accelerating its digital journey, co-innovating and improving existing offerings, advancing its MissionZero sustainability ambition, and speeding up the delivery of productivity enhancements to customers. “The collaboration also seeks to increase our ability to demonstrate technological leadership in mining and cement in support of customers’ sustainability and[…]

CMOC-Northparkes Mines, located 30 km northwest of Parkes in New South Wales, has successfully taken its Lift 1 North (E26L1N) project into production. The Lift 1 North Project has taken 37 months from the approval on January 1, 2019 to the commencement of production on March 1 2022 which was an impressive five months ahead[…]