Archives: Water management

Watson-Marlow has announced the ground breaking of its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Devens, Massachusetts, in the US. A celebration ceremony was held on November 18 at the new facility, which will be dedicated to Watson-Marlow’s range of industry leading products, including peristaltic pumps, tubing, fluid path solutions and BioPure components. The Devens 14,000 sq.m[…]

PumpEng introduced new patented submersible pump technology at the recent MINExpo 2021 event in Las Vegas, with the pump already breaking records at mine sites in Australia, the company says. The introduction of the all-metal JetGuard to the US mining industry follows a slew of mine site deployments. Jet Guard has several unique features that[…]

We’ve all heard about the sustained pressures mining companies are facing from stakeholders when it comes to changing the way they do business, with the use of new technology often touted as the way to transform the sector for the good of the industry and society. Yet, as the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced, these technologies[…]

Another technology addition forming part of its FutureSmartTM Mining innovation-led approach to sustainable mining, Anglo American recently began using MudMaster® equipment at its Las Tortolas tailings dam in Chile, located at the Las Tortolas mineral processing operation which is connected to the Los Bronces copper mine by a 56 km ore slurry pipeline. Using the[…]

Veris Australia, a provider of spatial data services, has been selected to provide surveying, pipeline design, data and GIS support services for a concentrate and return water pipeline associated with the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project in Western Australia. The works, to be executed under subcontract with MPC Kinetic, are expected to generate A$2 million ($1.5[…]

Weir Minerals, building on over 20 years of Cavex® hydrocyclone experience, has added the Cavex 2 650 to its product line, with the cyclone set to deliver unparalleled results, the company says. The release follows the recent launch of the Cavex 2 hydrocyclone, which brought with it the introduction of a LIG+™ inlet and chamber[…]

BQE Water Inc says it has entered into a contract with Codelco to demonstrate its Sulf-IX™ technology for sulphate removal and BioSulphide® process for copper recovery at multiple sites in Chile. Under the contract, BQE Water will design, supply and operate pilot plants for sulphate removal and copper recovery at Codelco’s existing operations in Chile[…]

Novalith Technologies says it has successfully raised A$2.5 million ($1.9 million) in a seed funding round, which will help accelerate the development of its Australia-made lithium extraction and refining technology to provide a low carbon, sustainable approach to lithium production. Its technology aims to substantially reduce production costs, improve sustainability outcomes, and ultimately revolutionise the[…]

CRC ORE and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have formed a Future Research Program to, they say, take CRC ORE’s most promising fields of research into new areas to broaden the impact on the Australian mining industry and economy. This work will boost the sustainability of the mining industry by helping reduce energy and water[…]

WEC Projects has engineered and installed a desalination and a wastewater treatment plant for a new bauxite mine and the bauxite export facility at the Port of Kamsar in Guinea. The two projects will produce potable, process and fire water as well as handle wastewater flows from the port camp and operations. Both projects were[…]