Metso is extending its hydrometallurgy offering with the launch of OKTOP BIOX Reactor, ideal for the pre-treatment of refractory gold concentrate and base metal leaching. The new addition is part of the company’s Metso Plus offering and enables enhancing oxygen mass transfer to improve energy efficiency and process performance during the leaching process. “The OKTOP BIOX Reactor provides increased operational…
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Kansas-based Bunting Magnetics has launched its new high-intensity Electromagnetic Wet Filter designed for fine particle separation across multiple industries including mineral processing. The filter generates a high-intensity magnetic field ranging from 3,500 to 10,000 Gauss, enabling the separation of extremely fine iron and paramagnetic minerals from liquids and slurries. In addition to mineral processing, the filter can be used in…
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Flexco has added the Belt Support Bar (BSB) to its line of heavy-duty belt support system tools. Featuring the company’s standard purple paint, the new release can immediately create a better seal once installed onto a facility’s conveyor belt and can mitigate the release of dust while creating a more efficient, safer belt conveying process. Flexco Product Manager Kevin Fales…
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Snells Entreprenad AB has reached an agreement with SANY dealer, Nordkust Maskin AB, to purchase battery-powered haul trucks, which could become the first fully electric trucks used in a Swedish mine. The trucks will be used to transport raw materials at state-owned miner LKAB’s operation in Svappavaara. Earlier this summer, Snells entered into a four-year agreement with LKAB for raw…
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An Indian government source told Reuters that the country is in talks with Mongolia to set up a preliminary pact that will focus on mineral shipments between the two Asian nations. “The pact with Mongolia will focus on transit of minerals” such as coal and copper, said the source, who did not want to be identified as the deliberations are…
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Motion Industries Inc. has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets of U.S.-based International Conveyor and Rubber (ICR). The transaction is expected to close at the end of December 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. ICR services commercial and industrial customers in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Blairsville, Pa., the company has seven locations, offering sales,…
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Hexagon recently announced the acquisition of indurad, a global leader in radar and real-time location systems (RTLS) technologies, along with its autonomous haulage subsidiary, xtonomy. This strategic move, the financial details of which were not disclosed, is proof of Hexagon’s commitment to advancing mine productivity, safety, and autonomy through cutting-edge technology, it said. It also gives it the benefits of enhanced…
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Source: www.rwe.com Peabody Energy and renewable energy group RWE have teamed up to advance renewable energy projects, namely solar and energy storage, at reclaimed mining land in Indiana and Illinois. Full story.
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Calgary-headquartered E3 Lithium has secured a brownfield site in Mountain View County for its Clearwater project’s central processing facility, which will be Alberta’s and western Canada’s first lithium production campus. Full story.
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Peru’s Congress has passed an extension to a scheme allowing temporary permits to be given to small-scale informal miners, which allows them to continue working while seeking formalization, reported Reuters. Legislators moved forward a bill proposed earlier by the Energy and Mining Legislative Committee to extend for six months a registry called REINFO, which is set to expire on 31…
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