Archives: Water management

Veolia says it has renewed its contract with AngloGold Ashanti Ghana Limited, part of the South Africa headquartered gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, with Veolia Ghana Limited continuing to be responsible for operating and maintaining all the water treatment plants for the Obuasi open-pit and underground operations in Ghana. These two-year extension confirms Veolia’s operational[…]

Vale says it has implemented the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM) in 48 of its 50 tailings storage facilities (TSFs), with plans to bring the two remaining TSFs into conformance by August 2025. The GISTM was developed after the tragic failure of a tailings facility at Brumadinho, Brazil, in 2019, through an independent[…]

Industrial IoT solutions providers Davra and IoTDC have announced what they say is a landmark partnership that merges their expertise to launch a state-of-the-art suite of software applications for the comprehensive safety monitoring of mining operations. The announcement was made during the recent visit of the Irish Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister), Micheál Martin, to Wits[…]

At the recent Bank of America 2023 Smart Mine 4.0 conference, Donovan Waller, Anglo American Group Head of Technology Development gave an in-depth review of ongoing projects under its FutureSmart Mining™ banner, which broadly refers to its innovation-led approach to sustainable mining. He covered mainly six interesting areas – its African renewable energy ecosystem; the nuGen™ Zero[…]

Metso says it has been awarded repeat orders for filter modernisation, plate packs and related services from several major mining companies in the North, Central and South America markets. In addition to filter modernisation, several larger modernisation orders for other types of dewatering solutions have been booked, according to the company. By utilising Metso’s expertise[…]

RCT has found a new application for its ControlMaster® remote-controlled technology package after successfully deploying the solution on an Amphiroll Mud Scroller working on tailings ponds. Operations are now more efficient and safer for the Western Australia-based earthmoving team using this equipment, according to RCT, now owned by Epiroc. The mud scroller, used to aerate[…]

Thiess Rehabilitation says it has secured a two-year contract with Idemitsu Australia’s Muswellbrook Coal Company (MCC) to deliver rehabilitation services at the Muswellbrook coal mine, in the upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Thiess Rehabilitation will conduct detailed design and construction of the post-mining landform, creating a combination of native ecosystem and pasture[…]

IDS GeoRadar, part of Hexagon, has announced the new SMV algorithm for Guardian, its software for slope monitoring. Developed by IDS GeoRadar’s R&D team together with major players of the mining and monitoring industry, SMV is the result of a two-year collaboration and development, it says. “Guardian SMV provides a revolutionary approach to radar monitoring[…]

Global water technology company Xylem has released a new dewatering pump developed to, it says, significantly increase efficiency, cut costs, and minimise downtime for construction and mining customers. Designed to meet the demands of deep-mine and high-pressure water transfers, the Godwin HL270M Dri-Prime® Pump can deliver cost savings of up to 10% when compared with[…]

Mines and industry rely on critical high pressure pump technology to keep operations safe and efficient, which makes rigorous testing of this equipment an essential part of the manufacturing process. According to Kathryn Poke, Director of Engineering at RMI Pressure Systems, dedicated test cells in the company’s Manchester (UK) production facility support a range of[…]