Archives: Mineral processing

FLSmidth has received an order to supply a large package of process equipment for the construction of what was described as “a new concentrator as part of an expansion of a major Polyus gold mine.” The order, which is valued at approximately DKK350 million, was booked in Q4 2021 and has already become effective. Polyus[…]

Boliden has been granted an environmental permit for an increase in the annual production rate in Garpenberg. As a result of the decision, bottleneck investments can be initiated with the aim of increasing production to 3.3 Mt/y of ore (milled volume). “This is a very welcome decision that gives us the opportunity to continue to[…]

First Cobalt Corp has awarded a contract to Metso Outotec for the design and manufacturing of solvent extraction cells as well as technical support for the layout of a new solvent extraction plant and its process control at First Cobalt’s refinery in Ontario, Canada. The company says it received several tenders from global vendors and[…]

Metso Outotec has introduced a magnetic separators portfolio that, it says, caters to a wide variety of applications with the separators’ flexible modular design enabling superior separation selectivity and improved recovery of fine and ultra-fine particles. Metso Outotec High Gradient Magnetic Separators are designed to recover weakly magnetic material from non-magnetic matter and can be[…]

Engineering Dobersek in Germany and Severniy Mining and Processing (SevGOK) in Ukraine have selected Metso Outotec’s mill discharge pumps for Severniy’s greenfield process waste thickening plant, the OEM says. Metso Outotec’s pumps will be used to pump the iron ore concentrate plant’s waste sludge into the settling ponds from the thickeners. The 22 pumps to[…]

Vast Resources says it is continuing to evaluate the recommencement of production at its Manaila polymetallic mine in Romania and, as part of this process, has been working with TOMRA to assess the suitability of X-ray Transmission (XRT) ore sorting technology to optimise the mine’s production profile. The assessment has demonstrated, to date, that by[…]

Metso Outotec has signed what it says is a landmark contract to deliver all key technology for a new concentrator plant in Norilsk, Russia. The concentrator is operated by Chernogorskaya mining company, part of the Russian Platinum group. The delivery is based on Metso Outotec’s proprietary technology and includes key equipment for grinding, flotation and[…]

Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, has announced the launch of Flotation 360, a holistic approach to flotation in mineral processing. The solution combines Nalco Water’s advanced frother and collector chemistries with a worldwide technical service team and digital diagnostic tools that monitor the chemical, operational and mechanical levers influencing performance, Nalco Water says. The company[…]

Metso Outotec says it is launching leading-edge digital solutions to ensure the optimal operation and maintenance of iron ore pelletising plants over the entire plant life cycle. Leveraging the company’s experience as the original inventor of the pelletising process, Metso Outotec says it has developed a suite of solutions that will improve process performance, production[…]

Hewitt Robins was previously awarded the contract to supply the UK’s largest and oldest working mine with a replacement Vibrating Screen. Winsford Rock Salt mine, part of Compass Minerals, previously had a 50 year old GEC 2.5 m x 7 m double deck linear motion screen which was becoming tired, problematic and in need of replacement.[…]