Archives: Mineral processing

Tharisa, the platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome co-producer, has announced that cold commissioning of its Vulcan ultra-fine chrome recovery and beneficiation plant has commenced. The timetable to completion of the new $55 million plant remains firmly on track with initial saleable production due before year end, it says. Once fully commissioned, the plant is[…]

Magnetite Mines Ltd says it has appointed Hatch to complete the process plant section of the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) on its Razorback iron ore project in South Australia. This, Magnetite Mines says, is an important contract award for the company and represents the largest component of the DFS expenditure and completes the appointment of[…]

Based on its experience in manufacturing and maintaining transfer points, Weba Chute Systems says it has developed a reliability model that allows customers to improve uptime in their plants. According to Izak Potgieter, ISO Systems Manager at Weba Chute Systems, the tool is able to capture, store and calculate vital information about wear rates on[…]

Tungsten West, the mining company focused on recommencing production at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon, England, has announced its intention to proceed with an initial public offering on London’s AIM market. The company has conditionally raised £39 million ($53 million) before expenses, with plans to debut on the bourse on October 21[…]

Seligdar PJSC, one of the leading gold producers in Russia, has announced that its majority held subsidiary White Gold LLC has won an auction for a licence to develop the largest gold deposit in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) – which is known as Kyuchus. White Gold is a joint venture between Seligdar Polymetallic Holding[…]

Metso Outotec says it is introducing a new modular filter to its Dual Media (DM) filter product family, with the compact Metso Outotec DM1000 polishing filter particularly suitable for removing and recovering organic compounds and solids in small stream feeds in battery chemicals processes. Thanks to its modular design, the filter is easy to expand[…]

Newcrest Mining Ltd has announced that the Newcrest Board has approved the Lihir Phase 14A Pre-Feasibility Study (the Phase 14A Study), enabling the commencement of the Feasibility Study and Early Works Program. The Study focuses on extending the Phase 14 cutback and safely steepening the walls of the pit utilising civil engineering techniques to access[…]

Emerson and AspenTech have announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement to contribute Emerson’s industrial software businesses – OSI Inc and its Geological Simulation Software business – to AspenTech to create a diversified, high-performance industrial software leader with greater scale, capabilities and technologies being referred to as “new AspenTech.” AspenTech is already[…]

Process plant designers often underestimate the movement of large vibrating screens when these machines start and stop, a challenge for which Kwatani says it has found an innovative and cost effective solution. According to Kwatani’s Chief Operating Officer, Kenny Mayhew-Ridgers, the company has achieved considerable improvements in many screening applications by selectively fitting torsional springs[…]

Lycopodium says it has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract for Talison Lithium Australia’s Chemical Grade Processing Plant #3 (CGP3), to be developed at its Greenbushes site in Western Australia’s southwest. Talison Lithium and its predecessor companies have been producing lithium minerals from the Greenbushes lithium operations since 1983, with[…]