Archives: Water management

Metso Outotec says it has strengthened its MD series of mill discharge pumps with compact-size Low Rider pumps for easy replacements and upgrades. This new cost-efficient pump range is targeted especially for installations with limited space, with the pumps designed to fit the footprint of an existing installation, it says. Timo Torvinen, Vice President of[…]

Auxilium Technology Group (ATG), a start-up connected to the University of Arizona, in collaboration with Metso Outotec, has been announced as one of two finalists in the BHP Tailings Challenge, an international competition to promote the development of new technologies to reuse mine tailings. Last year, ATG was one of 10 companies and academic research[…]

The Coalition for Eco Efficient Comminution (CEEC) has announced several major changes in its governance and operation, with CEO, Alison Keogh (right), stepping down, Janine Herzig (left) joining CEEC as Executive President and Board Director and Marc Allen taking over from Michael Battersby as Chair. After six years of working as CEO to promote CEEC,[…]

Metso Outotec says it is launching a comprehensive Filtration Plant Units offering to maximise operational reliability in different types of dewatering applications where superior process performance combined with energy and water efficiency is required. The offering consists of three major plant units around Metso Outotec’s Larox® PF and Larox® FFP, and Metso Outotec CC filter[…]

Leading South Africa-based, black-owned contractor Concor is engaging on a 17-month project to construct a new pollution control dam at De Beers’ Venetia diamond mine, South Africa’s largest diamond producer. The well-advanced Venetia Underground Project (VUP) will extend the mine’s life span to at least 2045, and the new dam – Pollution Control Dam 3[…]

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) says it has commissioned a new 25 t/h filter press at its coal washing plant, in Emakhalathini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The filter press, from South Africa-based Filtaquip, removes slurry from the water used in the coal washing process. It will aid in preventing incidents such as the coal slurry spill, which occurred at ZAC after the end wall at Slurry Pond 3 failed[…]

EXP, a global engineering, architecture, design and consulting firm, says it has been selected by Vale as one of the primary consultants for the 2022 Overflow Engineering Services contract, which encompasses a master services agreement for a three-year term. This is the first time Vale has issued Canada-wide agreements across the majority of its sites,[…]

A new report from multi-disciplinary engineering, operational and development project, Hatch, estimates Australia’s mining waste can be reduced by 30% using already available technologies. One of the biggest challenges currently facing the mining industry is managing the volume of tailings generated as minerals mining ramps up to meet the demands of the transition to renewable[…]

Nevada Copper recently announced its Q1 2022 financial and operating results as well as recent milestone achievements and updates on key development initiatives for its Pumpkin Hollow underground mine and open pit project. Notably the underground mine paste plant began wet commissioning and filling of the first stope with paste backfill in April 2022. Paste[…]

BossTek says it has introduced an advancement in industrial dust suppression with a powerful cannon that is designed to fight dust with maximum efficiency. Developed in response to the needs of customers in areas with variable winds, the DustBoss® DB-60 Surge® features water propelled at high velocity from a center nozzle, combined with an industry-proven[…]