Handling & processing

BacTech Environmental has received permit approval from the Ecuadorian government to begin the development of a bioleach processing facility in Tenguel.

Martin Engineering has celebrated its 20th anniversary of growth across the African continent.

TOMRA’s X-Ray Transmission sorter at Saloro’s tungsten mine in Spain has delivered an improvement in head grade.

Standard Lithium has shared performance results from its Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) process at its Demonstration Plant near El Dorado, Arkansas, US.

Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, has acquired Flottec to expand its flotation and mineral processing solutions.

Rare Element Resources has received approval for a rare earth processing and separation demonstration plant to be built in Wyoming, US.

EnergyX has announced a new platform to enhance its Direct Lithium Extraction process.

Anglo American relies on a ship loading system from FAM for the loading of mined copper ore at the Peruvian plant Quellaveco.

Keliber has signed a contract with Metso for the delivery of an effluent treatment plant for Keliber’s lithium hydroxide refinery in Kokkola, Finland.

BHP has awarded Metso an order for three high-capacity Nordberg MP Series cone crushers to be installed at its Whaleback mine in Western Australia.

Metso has opened a completely renovated minerals processing laboratory in Pori, Finland, expanding its ore sample and process testing capability.

Fortune Minerals Ltd and Rio Tinto are collaborating to develop technology that will improve recovery of the critical minerals cobalt and bismuth.

Metso has signed a contract for the delivery of a new copper concentrator to be built in Kazakhstan, including grinding, flotation, and dewatering equipment.

Forming part of its plans to increase gold production, TRX Gold Corp. has announced that its new 1000 tpd capacity ball mill has arrived on site at the Buckreef Gold Project, Tanzania.

Aurubis and Metso are to set to work on the decarbonisation of the Hamburg copper smelter, utilising Metso’s hydrogen-ready Outotec Anode Furnaces with hoods and auxiliary equipment.