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IDE Water Technologies, a leading global provider of water treatment solutions, has announced that it is running a demo of its brine minimisation technology, MAXH2O DESALTER, for a North American mining company. In the pilot, MAXH2O DESALTER is tested with different mine-impacted effluents containing high sulphate concentration, designed for the production of 600 litres of[…]

Weir Minerals Africa says its mobile pumphouse is ideally equipped for the needs of mine tailings operations. As the company explains, pumping slurry to tailings facilities requires a solution that can move as the dam expands to allocate room for additional tailings. Weir Minerals Africa Pumps Product Manager, Marnus Koorts, says a mobile pumphouse completely[…]

Teck Resources Ltd has announced that commissioning is now underway at its Elkview Saturated Rock Fill (Elkview SRF) expansion, which doubles the water treatment facility’s capacity to 20 million litres of water per day. The Elkview SRF has been achieving near complete removal of selenium and nitrate from up to 10 million litres of water[…]

A new three-year collaboration agreement between IUCN and the mining company Anglo American will explore how nature-based solutions can help deliver positive biodiversity outcomes and support carbon neutral goals, while delivering additional benefits for conservation and wider stakeholders. Joint activities will include exploring how Anglo American operations can meet their biodiversity and carbon neutral targets[…]

Anglo American’s Metallurgical Coal business says it is now operating the first of two state-of-the art reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment plants at its Aquila project in the Bowen Basin, Queensland. The aim of the RO plants is to reduce the use of fresh water in its mining operations. Chief Executive Officer of Anglo American’s[…]

The latest innovation in semi-continuous gravity separation from FLSmidth is delivering a key breakthrough in performance that increases recovery and cuts maintenance downtime, according to the OEM. For decades, Knelson gravity concentrators have been recognised for their recoveries of gold and precious metals, but the development of the new Knelson GX Concentrating Cone is set[…]

FLSmidth has been chosen as the preferred provider for four large bolted thickeners for a large mining customer in Mozambique. Two of the thickeners are designed to reduce water load on the filters allowing for a drier filter product, while the other two thickeners recover water from the plant tailings. The installation, which includes E-Volute™[…]

Mining software solutions major Deswik has entered a partnership with Australian environmental consultancy RGS Environmental that will allow both companies to deliver comprehensive life of mine planning solutions to their clients. Founded in 2008, Deswik has expanded rapidly to become a leading developer of specialist solutions covering all aspects of mine planning, management and operation.[…]

Global design firm Stantec has joined the Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) as a leadership member, adding its insight and expertise to global collaboration and innovation within the mining industry. Stantec operates around the world to provide professional consulting services in engineering, architecture, design, environmental sciences, and project management. The statement said: “Stantec mining group[…]

Eldorado Gold Corporation has announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hellas Gold SA has entered into an amended Investment Agreement with the Hellenic Republic to govern the further development, construction and operation of the Skouries, Olympias and Stratoni/Mavres Petres mines and facilities in northern Greece (collectively the Kassandra Mines). The Agreement amends the 2004 Transfer Agreement between[…]