Archives: Mineral processing

thyssenkrupp Mining Technologies and Magotteaux say mining customers benefit from their close cooperation by optimised and cost-efficient wear parts for mining and aggregates equipment. Even faster development and introduction of high-quality wear parts with higher profitability for mining customers is now possible as the long-standing partnership, which initially started as a classic customer-supplier relationship, will[…]

The team at Gekko Systems has announced the release of its next-gen Mark 6 Carbon Scout solution. The Carbon Scout is a self-contained, ground-level sampling system that measures the pH, dissolved oxygen, slurry density and gold concentration in carbon-in-leach (CIL) and carbon-in-pulp (CIP) circuits. An important new feature is the optional X-ray Fluorescence sensor to[…]

Global copper miner Antofagasta PLC has long been seeking a way to leach copper from primary sulphides and in a recent article says it appears to have found the answer. “Why not use bacteria like everyone else?” was a question the company was asked when, almost 20 years ago, the Michilla copper mine, then owned[…]

Global technology company ABB says it has helped Atalaya Mining to optimise mill availability and performance by combining its gearless mill drive (GMD) with ongoing lifecycle management support and a digital condition monitoring solution through a long-term service agreement (LTSA). The mining company, which produces copper concentrates and silver by-product at its Project Riotinto site[…]

EQ Resources Ltd says it has successfully secured A$600,000 ($422,386) in co-investment from the Australian Federal Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) via the A$30 million Commercialisation Fund. Combined investment from EQ Resources, its partners and AMGC, totalling A$1.97 million, will assist in commercialising industrial-scale operations for advanced minerals processing flowsheet developed for the Mt[…]

Anax Metals Limited has appointed Gekko Systems as process plant design consultant to assist with the design process of a polymetallic sulphide concentrator plant at the Whim Creek copper mine in Western Australia, Gekko says. The concentrator plant will be designed to process approximately 320,000 t/y of pre-concentrate, with feedstock for the concentrator consisting of[…]

Jetti Resources has announced that Jetti and Teck Resources Ltd have signed an agreement for the evaluation of Jetti’s technology at Teck’s copper assets. Jetti’s technology could be well suited for application at a number of Teck’s assets with potential copper resources outside of existing mine plans. Jetti’s technology integrates seamlessly with existing leach technology to recover[…]

ABB has released a new version of ABB Ability™ Predictive Maintenance for grinding which allows users to obtain real-time notifications on gearless mill drive (GMD) systems from a mobile app. The upgrade also means that ABB Ability Predictive Maintenance for grinding is now cloud-based instead of sited on premises. The Grinding Connect mobile app, available[…]

Hudbay Minerals has one of the lowest cost per tonne copper sulphide operations in Peru on its hands at Constancia, but it is intent on continuously improving the mine’s margins and environmental performance through a commitment to continuous improvement. This has recently led it to exploring the potential of sensor-based ore sorting. Hudbay’s operations at[…]

Metso Outotec has released its largest mill discharge pump to date, the MDM900, in a move that will see it compete for orders from the highest throughput processing operations in the world. The MDM900 is the latest addition to Metso Outotec’s flagship Mill Discharge (MD) pump series, a pump designed for heavy-duty use in concentrator[…]