Archives: Water management

Jord International has recently taken up a challenge from BHP to come up with a safer solution to filter press maintenance at the Caval Ridge metallurgical coal mine, in Queensland, Australia, as part of the New South Wales-based company’s expanding remit to unlock new technologies for the wider mining industry. The plant and systems designer,[…]

SUEZ and Diemme Filtration – Filtration & Thickening Systems, part of Aqseptence Group, have partnered to develop a “unique integrated approach for tailings management,” promoting sustainable solutions for the mining industry. This strategic partnership will combine SUEZ’s capabilities in water, process, and waste management and its international experience in DBO/BOT large infrastructure projects, together with[…]

Preparations for the launch of production at the processing plant of the Nezhdaninskoye (Nezhda) gold mine of Polymetal are in full swing. The deposit is located in Yakutia and is the fourth largest gold deposit in Russia. A key equipment element of the plant is the filter presses – which are currently being installed and[…]

Weir Minerals, a global market leader in mining equipment service and supply, and Hayward Gordon ULC, a leading manufacturer of pumps, mixers and other flow control products, recently announced an expanded strategic partnership that will cover all areas of Latin America. This is the first step in expanding the regional sales distribution agreement between Hayward[…]

As part of Nordic Iron AB’s (NIO) goal to build a modern mine with the lowest possible environmental impact, the consulting company Paterson & Cooke has been hired to evaluate alternatives for better management of the tailings from its planned enrichment operations. “Our goal is to find methods of waste disposal that significantly reduces the[…]

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has launched two new resources to support continual improvement in the safe and transparent management of tailings facilities: Conformance Protocols for the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (the Standard) and a Tailings Management Good Practice Guide (the Guide). When ICMM launched the Standard alongside the United[…]

FLSmidth vacuum disc filters are playing a vital role in preparing tailings slurry for a backfill application at the new Kamoa-Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of[…]

Australian industrial manufacturer, Brain Industries, says it is making a big push into the North American, Central American and South American markets, signing an exclusive distribution agreement with Strata Worldwide USA for its unique air operated pumps. The firm’s first US distribution agreement will see Strata market and sell Brain’s Airloader and Mudskipper pneumatic pumps[…]

BQE Water Inc, a leader in the management of mining and metallurgical waste streams, says it has advanced the SART plant it designed for a gold metallurgical facility owned by Zhaojin Mining Industry Company, one of the largest gold smelting and leading gold producers in China, to full production. Located in the Eastern coastal province[…]

A new mine water monitoring solution, Malvern Panalytical’s Epsilon Xflow, for GTK’s innovation projects provides real-time information about the quality of process- and wastewater from mining operations. Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) is an international geoscience research agency operating under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. It is a leading European competence center on[…]