Handling & processing

Salt Lake Potash Limited (SO4) has announced the commencement of process plant commissioning at its Lake Way Project near Wiluna, Western Australia.

Metso Outotec has received an order for a heavy-duty mine conveyor system in South America.

Condor Gold has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a new semiautogenenuous mill package from First Majestic Silver Corp.

Vale has started operation of the tailings filtration plant located at the Vargem Grande Complex, the first of four filtration plants to be operated at Vale’s sites in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

BCLP has advised Vision Blue Resources on its investments in NextSource Materials and Ferro-Alloy Resources.

Osisko Mining Inc. has placed an order for grinding equipment and ancillaries from FLSmidth for its Windfall gold project.

Rio Tinto will begin construction on a new plant that will recover tellurium, a critical mineral used in solar panels, from copper refining at its Kennecott mine near Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Amarillo Gold Corp. has selected Metso Outotec’s modular FIT™ Station for its Posse Gold greenfield mining project in the state of Goiás in central Brazil.

Steinert has set up a new testing plant at Navachab gold mine, near Karibib, in Namibia, which is owned by private equity firm QKR.

NQ Minerals Plc has announced that its 100% subsidiary, Circle Resources Pty Ltd, has signed an agreement with Evolution Mining Ltd for the evaluation and potential processing of the lead and silver rich stockpiles at the Sunbeam Project in North Queensland, Australia.

Mexus Gold US has announced that it continues to mine the Mexus III pit area at its Santa Elena mine.

Mexus Gold US has announced that it continues to work the Mexus III area at its Santa Elena mine.

Metso Outotec has signed a contract with Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co. Ltd on the delivery of environmentally sound technology for an iron ore pelletising plant to be built in south-west China.

Flexco and MLT Minet Lacing Technology have announced that they have signed an agreement in which Flexco will be the exclusive source for MLT products in the US, Canada, and Mexico.

Pensana has lodged its planning application for its proposed rare earth processing facility at the Saltend Chemicals Park, Yorkshire, UK.