Archives: Water management

Quebec-based Corem is to receive C$2.1 million ($1.6 million) of funding from the Canadian government to support the development of an innovative process for the recovery and recycling of cyanide in the gold extraction process. This new process is more environmentally sustainable and reduces the impact of gold mining on the aquatic ecosystem, according to[…]

Almar Water Solutions has been awarded a new operation and maintenance contract from Mantos Copper and its Mantos Blancos copper operation in northern Chile. As part of the agreement, Almar Water Solutions, part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, through Osmoflo SpA, will operate the water treatment plant for Mantos Blancos. This new three-year contract will[…]

Innovations in the washing sector and the continued advancement of CDE’s pioneering wet processing solutions the company says are supporting quarry operators and materials processors alike to overcome the challenges stemming from water management; cost-based, efficiency, sustainability and regulatory. CDE says its modular wet processing equipment can contribute to the easing of water scarcity issues[…]

Global water technology company Xylem says it is leading the water sector in the European Commission’s transition to Stage V diesel engines with the upcoming launch of two new innovative and sustainable Godwin Dri-Prime S Series pumps. These four-inch models, to be available in the autumn, will add to Xylem’s comprehensive portfolio of Stage V-compliant[…]

Weir Minerals says its Warman® Wear Reduction Technology (WRT®) impellers and throatbushes for slurry pumps can help miners reduce operating expenses through improved efficiency, reliability and wear life. An upgrade compatible with all Warman AH®, M and L series slurry pumps, the streamlined parts offer total ownership cost reductions, according to the company. Warman WRT[…]

Having completed the construction of the SART plant at the White Dam gold-copper heap leach asset in South Australia, GBM Resources has earned a 50% stake in the joint venture operation. The execution of the joint venture between GBM and Round Oak Minerals, signed on December 18, 2019, was conditional on the completion of the[…]

Braveheart Resources Inc has announced that it has engaged Stantec Consulting Ltd to design a new Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) at its 100% owned Bull River mine property near Cranbrook, British Columbia. Braveheart is working towards restarting the mining and milling operations at the site. The TSF design will be used by Braveheart in support[…]

Eastern Platinum Ltd (Eastplats) has announced that its subsidiary, Barplats Mines (Pty) Ltd, has entered into a project framework agreement with Advanced Beneficiation Technologies Pty Ltd of South Africa (ABT), an organisation fully compliant as a Black Economic Empowerment Entrepreneur and a member of the Omang Group of companies, to complete an independent feasibility study[…]

Decipher, a Perth-based cloud monitoring platform for tailing storage facilities (TSFs), has partnered with K2fly, a global provider of technical assurance solutions for the resources industry, to evaluate an integrated monitoring and governance platform for tailings. Tailing storage facility failures, in which there is an uncontrolled release of water, waste material or by-product, constitute a[…]

RST Instruments of Maple Ridge, British Columbia and Measurand of Fredericton, New Brunswick have recently collaborated on the development of a low power wireless solution for deformation monitoring. RST Instruments is a leading manufacturer of geotechnical instrumentation and dataloggers including the RSTAR line of wireless datalogging nodes for vibrating wire (VW) instruments such as piezometers[…]