Metso expands VSF lineup with modular plant

Metso has expanded its solvent extraction offering with a wider capacity range and improved features, and is now also introducing the VSF X solvent extraction plant with extended scope. The modular VSF X plant, part of Metso’s Planet Positive offering, allows copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese producers, among others, to purify desired metals from the leach solution in a safe,…

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Chilean regulators charge Teck for Chile permit breaches

Teck Chile is staring down an $8 million fine for two series permit breach charges from The Superintendence of the Environment (SMA) in Chile, the agency confirmed last week. SMA in the Coquimbo region said the producer, specifically Teck Carmen de Andacollo, which is owner of the Andacollo Cobre project, has not complied with the commitments established in its Environmental…

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