Mining news: processing

Metso to supply crushing equipment to Australia

Metso Minerals will supply crushing equipment to BHP Billiton Iron Ore for the Yandi mine development project in Western Australia. The delivery will be completed by the end of year 2009. The value of the order is approximately EUR 12 million.
The order comprises five MP type cone crushers for the Yandi [...]

Apollo Gold Updates Montana Tunnels Mine Production

DENVER, COLORADO–(Marketwire - April 28, 2008) - Apollo Gold Corporation (”Apollo”) (TSX:APG) (AMEX:AGT) announced today that a maintenance issue occurred over the weekend at its Montana Tunnels’ mill processing facility. Ore is processed at the mill through a primary and secondary crushing circuit which is followed by a semi-autogenous mill and [...]

Ausmelt Signs Agreement for Copper Smelter in Namibia

Ausmelt Ltd has signed an updated Licence Agreement with Namibia Custom Smelters Pty Ltd to enable the use of the existing Ausmelt furnace at the Tsumeb smelter complex for the processing of copper bearing concentrates and reverts. Ausmelt has also agreed to supply a new control system for the smelter….more at MEIOnline.com

Metso to supply a complete copper ore processing system to Zinkgruvan Mining AB in Sweden

Metso Minerals will supply a complete processing system for copper ore beneficiation to Zinkgruvan Mining AB for its mine in Southern Sweden. The delivery will be completed during the last quarter of 2009. The value of the order is approximately EUR 16 million.
Metso’s delivery covers the primary and secondary crushing stages, [...]

Professional Development Short Courses for 2008

The Mining Studies Institute at the University of British Columbia and EduMine bring you a program of 27 short courses on mining topics presented in Vancouver. Courses qualify for the UBC Certificate in Mining Studies. All courses are presented in downtown Vancouver.
Topics are the following:
Exploration - Geology - Reserves
Mineral Reserve Estimation
Quality Control of Assays
Practical Geostatistics
BYO [...]

JKTech partners with ALS

JKTech Pty - the technology transfer company for the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) in Australia - has partnered with the ALS Laboratory Group - an international leader in analytical testing services - to form ALS Mineralogy. With JKTech’s world class MLA technology, combined with the strength of the ALS’s [...]

Mining and processing equipment repair services

KEY Solutions Group is offering refurbishment and repair services for mining and processing machinery and their sub-components….more at Australian Mining

AMIRA Research Team Hits the Road to Help Sponsors with Technology Take-up

AMIRA Project P9N has broken new ground in technology transfer with a global tour of key researchers to present their findings.
The five continent tour has enabled a large number of operational staff in member companies to discuss directly with the research team how they can implement the processing improvements and capture the [...]

Silver recovery

The section on processing silver ores also had to go. This noted that Hochschild’s Ares mine is expanding the size of its plant and has ordered five additional Gekko Systems’ InLine Leach Reactors (ILR5000 Batch Manual) to add to its two existing ILR5000s. Once installed, Ares will boast the largest intensive leach application worldwide. [...]

Fine grinding and some new silver extraction ideas

International Mining’s May issue includes a major article on mineral processing advances. Sadly some of this article had to be cut because of space constraints. The first to hit the editing room floor was a section on fine grinding.
Platinum Mile, a South African tailings treatment company recently awarded a contract to Deswik Mining Consultants for [...]

UBS AG’s holdings in Metso to 4.99% percent

Metso Corporation has been informed  about a change in the holding of the mutual funds managed by UBS AG of the paid up share capital of Metso Corporation.
On April 18, 2008 UBS AG’s (CH-270.3.004.646-4/) group holding in shares of  Metso Corporation fell below the 5% threshold. The holding amounted to 7,072,425 shares, which corresponds to [...]

Everclear’s commercial-grade electrolyser

International Mining reports that in an important advance in clean processing, Applied Intellectual Capital (AIC) has successfully launched a commercial-grade electrolyser manufacturing program in support of its affiliate, EverClear Solutions. Specifically developed to meet the rigours of continuous operation in metals recovery operations for the industry, this second generation (2-G) electrolyser will support both acid [...]