Category: Processing Solutions

Authorities in Chile have approved development of the largest desalination plant in Latin America, according to a recent news report by Reuters. The project will move ahead at an estimated initial capital cost of $500 million,...

A panel discussion focusing on hydrometallurgical processing technology, held during the recent ALTA 2018 technical conference in Perth, Australia, highlighted major hydromet-related trends and issues of concern to plant...

Detour Gold, operator of one of the largest gold-producing mines in Canada, was recently recognized by Emerson for its plant reliability efforts at the Detour Lake mine in Ontario. Emerson presented its annual Reliability...

Martin Engineering recently announced a new technology that allows specially trained technicians to mount air cannons on furnaces, preheaters and in other high-temperature locations while production continues uninterrupted. The...

In liquid-electrode plasma systems, a liquid sample is inserted in a microchannel at the ends of which a high voltage is applied, generating a microplasma that acts as the excitation source for emission spectrometry....

Researchers from Japan’s Kanazawa University recently reported on the application of a portable and efficient method for the on-site analysis of wastewaters for quantitative analysis of their gold, platinum and palladium...

The Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution (CEEC), an Australia-based organization that serves as a platform for dissemination of the latest technical findings on efficient comminution practices, has released the first new...

Sandvik recently introduced its CH800i series of connected cone crushers, describing them as the first to offer intelligent crushing based on actionable information via the My Sandvik portal. This, according to the company,...

At the World Mining Congress held in Astana, Kazakhstan, that nation’s Autonomous Cluster Fund (ACF), also known as the Tech Garden, highlighted the Center for Technological Development-IntelliSense Lab. The center was founded...

Copper miners may be able to reduce energy and water consumption for every ton of metal produced by using an ore sorting analyzer developed by CSIRO. Employing magnetic resonance technology, the analyzer rapidly identifies ore...

Afrox, owned by industrial gas and engineering supplier Linde Group, said it has developed a unique, fully integrated end-to-end product service offering (PSO) for the global gold mining industry to optimize metallurgical gold...

This year is shaping up to be a busy one for mineral process plant planning, upgrades and technology development. A quick scan of E&MJ’s industry news reported for the first six months lists a number of plant projects,...