Archives: Water management

Australia-based mining tailings and waste management technology provider Phibion, has announced that it has welcomed an investment by RCF Innovation Fund II-A LP (RCF Jolimont II) to accelerate global expansion. The investment by RCF Jolimont II will enable Phibion to expand its manufacturing facilities and global operations to meet the growing demand for its world[…]

Water is present everywhere in mining and its control varies according to its role in the mining processes. In a recent in-depth article by pumps major KSB, the company outlines how this in turn influences the selection of technologies used in pumping water. “Alongside the safe supply and recovery of process water is the challenge[…]

Ailie MacAdam, new President of EPC giant Bechtel’s Mining & Metals division since November 2020, gave an insightful keynote presentation entitled A new model for copper projects in a world of higher expectations at the CRU World Copper Virtual Conference 2021 this week – focused on how it is meeting the challenge of increasing copper[…]

Metso Outotec has signed a contract to deliver all of the main process technologies for Sandfire Resources’ flagship T3 (Motheo) copper-silver concentrator in Botswana. The order value of approximately €17 million was booked in the Minerals segment’s Q1/2021 orders received. The 3.2 Mt/y greenfield plant will be built in the Kalahari copper belt in Botswana,[…]

Arianne Phosphate, a development-stage phosphate mining company, advancing the Lac à Paul project in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, has announce significant advancements in the design of its future tailings facility. Arianne partnered with the Quebec Center of Geomatics (CGQ), to advance research and development on a new method for the design and future monitoring of the[…]

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has announced updates to its guidance on responsible tailings management that, the association says, aligns its policies with the ‘Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management’ published last year. The Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) standard, first developed by MAC in 2004, is a globally recognised sustainability program that supports mining[…]

One of the world’s largest copper mines, Antofagasta Minerals’ Minera Los Pelambres is celebrating 21 years in operation, and the company has reviewed the mine’s most important milestones, as well as outlining how it continues to develop mining for a better future. Despite the difficulties imposed by the pandemic, including the company’s decision to reduce[…]

EY Canada has announced the launch of an EY Americas Mining and Metals Centre of Excellence that, it says, will offer companies across the Americas access to cutting-edge services and innovation-led solutions that meet the most pressing needs of mining and metals businesses, today and in the future. “Post-COVID-19 investments in infrastructure, combined with demand[…]

Canada-based E3 Metals says it has received a government grant totalling C$1.8 million ($1.4 million) from Alberta Innovates that will assist it in funding a pilot plant to test out its proprietary Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology. DLE technology, the company says, seamlessly connects conventional oil field and lithium processing, with the potential to unlock[…]

As part of its modernisation drive, a mining and processing plant recently installed 3 x 62 m diameter DELKOR high-rate thickeners with a view to reducing electricity consumption by one and a half times for the pumping of tails, as well as rationalising the use of process water. The project concerns the design, engineering and[…]