Archives: Water management

With the world moving gradually towards a circular economy, responsible waste management is becoming increasingly important in the mining industry. According to a study published by a cohort of Finnish researchers, tailings are the biggest waste stream resulting from mining, in metal value and volume. Benedikt Sobotka, CEO of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and Co-Chair[…]

Rio Tinto says it has become the first major mining company to publish site-by-site water usage data across its global network of managed sites in 35 countries, through an interactive map on its website. The company made the announcement on World Water Day 2023. For each managed site included, the database details permitted surface water[…]

In its 2022 Annual Report, released today, Weir Group reviews its performance from several angles – financially, strategically and of course from a sustainability standpoint. It says with large greenfield expansion projects slow to convert, miners met demand by accelerating production from existing assets and by developing harder and more complex ore deposits. Group revenue was[…]

Newmont partners with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the US Department of Energy’s primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development, to explore the innovative rapid electrochemical mineralisation to form dolomite (REMineD) approach for sequestering carbon in mine tailings. REMineD work the miner says will help advance development of carbon[…]

The Metso Outotec global network of testing, research and product development facilities covers the whole process flowsheet from comminution through separation, to filtration, refining and pyrometallurgical/hydrometallurgical processing. It has centres all over the globe – in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Finland, Peru, USA and more – able to, the company says, offer extensive expertise and[…]

Philippi-Hagenbuch is planning to highlight its patented HiVol® Water Tanks, along with other custom-engineered off-highway haul truck solutions, at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 event in Las Vegas this week. HiVol Water Tanks feature a stable, square design that improves stability and maximises hauling capacity, according to the company. Each tank is custom engineered to haul the[…]

Grounded Lithium Corp (GLC) has signed a lithium processing test work program agreement with Koch Technology Solutions (KTS) to determine the efficacy of KTS’s proprietary Li-Pro™ technology for direct lithium extraction (DLE) on brine from the company’s properties in Canada. Under the agreement, GLC’s brine will be processed using KTS’s proprietary Li-Pro technology at a[…]

Metso Outotec has introduced scalable thickening plant units to, it says, ensure outstanding circuit performance and reliability for any minerals processing application or capacity. Comprising high-rate thickeners, high-compression thickeners, paste thickeners, clarifiers and polymer dosing units, the Metso Outotec thickening plant units fit seamlessly with other dewatering units, like filtration or any type of water[…]

Vale Energy Transition Metals, a leading global supplier of nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals, says it is moving to accelerate commercial recovery of critical minerals from mine waste in partnership with the Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation, and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO) at Laurentian University, in Canada. As part of efforts to reduce mine waste[…]

When it comes to particle sorting, size is everything. Whether used as a primary sorting method in smaller operations where product purity is paramount to profits, or in a scavenger setup downstream to capture value once lost to tailings, particle sorters are becoming more and more commonplace across the mining world. They have featured in[…]