Archives: Water management

On September 11, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), the government agency focused on the responsible development, use and competitiveness of Canada’s natural resources and products, announced the launch of a pilot project focused on testing a new technology developed by E2metrix, which will help clean and recycle Canada’s mining wastewater. As the lead proponent of the[…]

Los Andes Copper has received results from the ongoing prefeasibility metallurgical study on its Vizcachitas copper project which, consistent with all prior test work conducted, confirms the adoption of dry stacked tailings at the Chile asset. During 2020, Los Andes has continued metallurgical testing at the SGS laboratory in Santiago, Chile. The test work was[…]

A partnership between GreenGold Engineering and Heritage Minerals Pty Ltd has plans to return the Mount Morgan gold mine in Queensland, Australia, to some of its former glory by creating a mean and green way to extract gold from its ample tailings deposits. The cooperation allows Heritage Minerals to develop the project in a proactive[…]

The tailings dam at Hindustan Zinc Ltd’s (HZL) Zawar location was reaching capacity for conventional wet deposition with no space nearby to expand. The company was looking for a tailings management system that offered significant benefits in terms of environmental sustainability, process water recovery, and footprint of the tailings storage facility. FLSmidth says after evaluating[…]

Josemaria Resources Inc, a member of the Lundin group of companies, says an Independent Feasibility Study for its Josemaria copper-gold-silver project in Argentina prepared by Fluor Canada Ltd with key sections prepared by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc and Knight Piésold Ltd demonstrates “a robust, rapid pay-back, low risk project, with an open pit operation feeding[…]

Decmil, in support of its overall strategy, has entered a strategic partnership with Avid Resources to further enhance its integrated service offerings and provide access to the water and power sectors. Avid Resources is a multi-disciplinary business providing market-leading construction and maintenance for metals and minerals projects; end-to-end electrical, instrumentation and control solutions; and extensive[…]

The superiority of genuine Warman® pumps and parts has been proven in a trial comparing the performance of a Warman MCR® 250 pump with a Warman AH® pump fitted with non-genuine spare parts at Agnico Eagle Mines’ LaRonde gold mine in Quebec, Canada, Weir Minerals says. The mine had been using two Warman AH 12/10[…]

Employees of Integrated Pump Technology have come to the  rescue of a platinum mining customer who urgently needed to dewater its decline shaft. Alfred Kelsey, Key Account Manager at Integrated Pump Technology, explains that the company, as the official Grindex pump distributor for southern Africa, maintains a comprehensive stockholding of dewatering pumps. This, he says,[…]

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is launching 4-year Coordinated Research Project (CRP) to improve capability and expertise among Member States to use environmental isotope techniques to assess hydrological processes and impacts to guide and inform optimal water resources management around mining operations. Three types of mines will be covered in the CRP; new mines[…]

Having shown potential in lab-based test work to increase head grades at the Razorback project, NextOre’s magnetic resonance (MR) ore sorting technology is to now get an outing in South Australia at the high-grade iron ore development. Razorback owner, Magnetite Mines, says it has entered into an agreement with NextOre to supply a mobile bulk[…]