Archives: Water management

Tetra Tech, a provider of high-end consulting and engineering services, has further expanded its sustainable water management practice with the addition of Piteau Associates, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Established in 1976 by Dr Douglas Piteau, the firm is a global leader in sustainable natural resource analytics including hydrologic numerical modelling and dewatering system design.[…]

Metso Outotec is launching the Activated Carbon (AC) filter for, it says, efficient recovery and recycling of valuable battery chemicals. The energy- and water-efficient AC filter responds to the market’s increasing demand for advanced and sustainable battery metals processing technologies and is part of Metso Outotec’s Planet Positive portfolio, it said. Planet Positive is Metso[…]

Anglo American in its full year 2021 financial results released today says its Quellaveco copper project in Peru is on track to achieve first production in mid-2022, in line with the original project schedule despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to date. 2021 saw the achievement of several major milestones and, as at[…]

WEC Projects, in conjunction with its partner, Multotec, has designed and custom engineered a wastewater treatment plant for a gold mine in Mali, West Africa. The plant, used to remove arsenic from the mine’s wastewater stream, incorporates a modular design which simplifies the logistics and reduces the costs of transport and installation, according to WEC[…]

EnviroGold Global has executed a binding definitive agreement with Hellyer Gold Mines Pty Ltd to reprocess the tailings owned by HGM at its namesake mine in Tasmania, Australia. The execution of the transaction cements a major growth catalyst for EnviroGold Global, paving the way for finalisation of project financing negotiations and materially advancing the company’s[…]

The Nkomati mine in South Africa has tapped the knowledge of wireless pump monitoring and control specialists Omniflex to boost efficiencies at the nickel operation. Located near Machadodorp in Mpumalanga, Nkomati hosts one of the largest nickel reserves in South Africa. Having an estimated 408.6 Mt of ore grading 0.33% Ni, it requires large amounts[…]

Hudbay Minerals has one of the lowest cost per tonne copper sulphide operations in Peru on its hands at Constancia, but it is intent on continuously improving the mine’s margins and environmental performance through a commitment to continuous improvement. This has recently led it to exploring the potential of sensor-based ore sorting. Hudbay’s operations at[…]

Metso Outotec has released its largest mill discharge pump to date, the MDM900, in a move that will see it compete for orders from the highest throughput processing operations in the world. The MDM900 is the latest addition to Metso Outotec’s flagship Mill Discharge (MD) pump series, a pump designed for heavy-duty use in concentrator[…]

There remains only one conference in the world devoted to the subject of In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC), an approach to mining that is seeing a high level of advanced studies as well as actual implementation – largely due to the fact that it is dominated by electric power so for some operations it allows[…]

Back in August 2021, work began on Alcoa Brasil’s Filtro Prensa project at its Poços de Caldas alumina refinery, which is supplied by a captive nearby bauxite mine. It represents an investment of R$310 million (US$55 million) that will completely change the technology for disposing of waste at the operation in Minas Gerais. The works[…]