Archives: Water management

Babylon Pump and Power says it has executed a business asset acquisition agreement to acquire the operational assets of Resource Water Group (RWG) for A$3 million ($2.1 million) in a transaction that it hopes will result in more early-stage project engagement with mining companies. Established in 2011 and based in Canning Vale, Western Australia, RWG[…]

Jetti Resources is looking to quantify the carbon footprint and water consumption benefits of its patented catalytic technology for extraction of copper in a series of reports that follows the publication of its first Sustainability Report. Jetti was founded in 2014 with the vision of using its technology to revolutionise the copper industry – making[…]

Kamoa Copper SA has selected Metso Outotec to supply key concentrator plant equipment to the company’s copper mining complex expansion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the OEM reports. Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery consists of Planet Positive processing equipment, including energy efficient HIGmill™ regrind mills (pictured) with polyurethane wear linings. The delivery also includes[…]

Dynamic Group Holdings, the owner of Dynamic Drill & Blast and Orlando Drilling, is looking to further consolidate the Australia-based drilling sector by acquiring Welldrill from founder Peter Chegwidden. Welldrill, founded in 2000, has serviced a number of Western Australia-based government organisations and mining companies (including BHP, OZ Minerals and BCI Minerals), in this period.[…]

Following its launch in March of this year, Thiess Rehabilitation has been awarded its first contract – a 3.5-year partnership with Idemitsu Australia’s Ensham Resources to deliver mine rehabilitation solutions that create areas for native bushland corridors and cattle grazing across more than 700 ha of land. Working with the client at the Ensham Mine,[…]

Codelco’s Board of Directors approved in its last session to materialise the long-awaited desalination plant project for its Chuquicamata, Radomiro Tomic and Ministro Hales copper mines in the Calama area. The plant will be located on the coast south of Tocopilla and represents a key milestone in the company’s commitment to move towards green mining[…]

Berthold says its SmartSeries LB 414 radiometric density measurement system is gaining traction in mining applications such as large volume thickening. It explains: “Large volume thickening tanks are used in the mining industry to concentrate ore or minerals. Gravity settling drives the solid-liquid separation, which concentrates the solids at the bottom of the tank. The[…]

WEC Projects, a South Africa-based EPC contractor specialising in water and wastewater treatment solutions, says it will soon complete the installation of a new WEC Model B packaged sewage  treatment plant at the Mothae diamond mine in Lesotho. The mine is 70% owned by Lucapa Diamond Company and 30% by the Government of Lesotho. Rudolf[…]

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[…]