Archives: Water management

CIMIC Group’s minerals processing company, Sedgman, has been awarded a contract to design and construct a tailings dewatering facility at QCoal’s Byerwen coal mine in central Queensland, Australia. The project will result in a lower operational risk profile, less power usage, and improved water recovery and management of dewatering chemicals, Sedgman says. Sedgman Managing Director,[…]

Vale states that it is gradually starting up operations at its new tailings filtration plant at the Vargem Grande Complex, this being the first of four filtering plants that will be installed in Vale’s operations in Minas Gerais, totalling a US$2.3 billion investment between 2020 and 2024. In addition to reducing the need to use[…]

A lot has been made of the potential of high pressure grinding rolls (HPGRs) to facilitate the dry milling process many in the industry believe will help miners achieve their sustainability goals over the next few decades, but there is another novel technology ready to go that could, according to the inventor and an independent[…]

Nickel 28 Capital Corp has become what it believes is the first carbon neutral refined nickel-cobalt producer in the world through a transaction involving the purchase of 52,500 carbon offsets on the Verra Registry. The carbon offsets will, it says, fully offset Nickel 28’s anticipated 2021 attributable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Ramu integrated[…]

Metso Outotec has introduced a new approach to sustainability that, it says, covers the environmental, social and financial aspects of the topic area. Its ‘Planet Positive’ efforts enforce the company’s purpose to enable sustainable modern life, the company says, building on Metso Outotec’s commitments to limit global warming to 1.5°C, with targets validated by the[…]

Nord Gold has implemented a new state-of-the-art monitoring system at its Lefa mine in Guinea that, it says, will help it keep track of the condition of the operation’s tailings storage facilities to proactively identify potential risks. The move, in line with the company’s commitment to environmental stewardship, has been facilitated by Swift Geospatial Solutions,[…]

SciDev (SDV) says it has signed an 18-month supply contract with Eramet-owned Société Le Nickel (SNL) in New Caledonia for MaxiFlox, its range of chemistry products specifically designed for the treatment of wastewater across a range of sectors such as mining. MaxiFlox products are supplied in both liquid and powder form across an extensive range[…]

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) says Boliden, the Sweden-based producer of zinc, copper, nickel and more, has become its 28th company member. In line with ICMM’s member admission process, Boliden underwent a rigorous independent assessment to ensure it adheres to ICMM’s Mining Principles. Based on the recommendation of the independent review panel,[…]

Metso Outotec has launched its first innovation centre in Espoo, Finland, as it looks to bring “together the comprehensive value chain from ore to metals” and enable “rapid co-creation with customers and partners”. The Metso Outotec Innovation Center offers unique expertise and tools for solving different types of challenges, from process optimisation to the selection[…]

BQE Water says it has advanced the SART plant it designed for a gold metallurgical facility owned by Shandong Zhongkuang Group Co Ltd, in China, to full production. Located in the Shandong Province in eastern China, the plant is now being operated under the ongoing technical supervision of BQE Water. Implementing SART (sulphidisation, acidification, recycling[…]