Archives: Mineral processing

Some 18 months after launching TOMRA Insight to mining customers, the cloud-based data platform is making inroads across the North American mining sector, Harold Cline and Jordan Rutledge told IM on the side lines of the MINEXCHANGE 2022 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City recently. TOMRA rolled out the subscription-based service to[…]

In what it says is a major milestone, Russell Mineral Equipment (RME) has designed and completed production of its 500th Mill Relining Machine (MRM) for Australia-based gold producer Northern Star Resources Ltd. This custom-made RUSSELL MRM will be accepted by Northern Star at a ceremony at RME’s global headquarters in Toowoomba, Queensland, this month. This[…]

Metso Outotec and Resources Pellets Concentrates Pvt Ltd (RPCL) have signed an agreement for the delivery of key technology for a 432 sq.m indurating machine in India. The value of the order is above €20 million ($22 million) and it has been booked in Metals’ Q1/2022 orders received. RPCL is a joint venture company owned[…]

EnviroGold Global Limited says the precious (gold, silver) and battery metals (copper, zinc, lead) to be produced at the company’s Hellyer Tailings and Buchans Tailings reprocessing projects are expected to show a 96% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity per gold-ounce-equivalent produced and an over 80% reduction in energy intensity relative to industry averages for[…]

With its latest sampling system that aligns with metallurgical accounting standards, minerals processing equipment company Multotec says it now offers unprecedented levels of accuracy for effective plant optimisation. The company’s Realtime Automated Metallurgical Accounting (RAMA™) system promises to deliver significant value by unlocking higher mineral content through improved grade control and recovery, as well as[…]

Diversified battery anode materials company EcoGraf Ltd has announced it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to partner with Vermeer Equipment Suppliers to explore low emission mining methods at the Epanko Graphite Project in Tanzania. Vermeer Equipment Suppliers (Pty) Ltd, is the sub-Saharan African distributor of Vermeer Manufacturing Company established in the USA in[…]

Metso Outotec, on the back of a host of sanctions imposed on Russia from the European Union, the United States and other countries, has temporarily ceased its deliveries to the country. The sanctions – a result of Russia’s military actions against Ukraine – have not targeted the mining sector specifically, but those placed against the[…]

Gold miner Kinross recently achieved its first ore load through the primary crusher at the La Coipa mine in Chile, which the team achieved on February 1. This significant milestone was the first step toward the reopening of the La Coipa operation. In its development projects update on February 16, Kinross said the La Coipa[…]

FLSmidth is launching two exciting developments in its flotation portfolio – the WEMCO II and the REFLUX™ Flotation Cell (RFC™) – at the MINEXCHANGE 2022 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Salt Lake City. The WEMCO II Flotation Cell builds upon the success of the industry standard, WEMCO, but with optimisations to the rotor and stator/hood that[…]

Canada-headquartered Kinross Gold Corporation recently announced details of its Climate Change Strategy and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction action plan, which includes the company’s commitment to working towards the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. To tackle Scope 1 emissions, it includes entering into an agreement with Komatsu to take an active role in the development[…]