Caren Hoffman was appointed to lead the global mining solutions business for BASF, effective January 1. The move is intended to focus the group on the development and marketing of innovative chemistries and digital applications that offer sustainable solutions for the mineral processing industry. “My goal is to increase awareness about what our innovative chemistry, coupled with our scientific artificial…
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Innovation in mineral processing
Coarse particle flotation and bulk ore sorting are starting to make waves in the mineral processing industry. North American Mining takes a look at both technologies with the help of experts from three leading mineral processing OEMs. By Jonathan Rowland The mining industry is known for the relatively slow pace with which it adopts new technologies. And there are good…
Read MoreWestern announces Utah plant
Western Uranium & Vanadium recently announced the acquisition of property in Utah to build a state-of-the-art mineral processing plant. Site and facility design and permitting have begun. The facility will be designed and constructed to recover uranium, vanadium and cobalt from ore mined both from mines owned by Western and ore produced by other miners. It will utilize the latest…
Read MoreAdvanced Analytics Create Intelligent Mines
Advanced analytics applications empower operational and business decision-makers to leverage insights and adopt profitable strategies for optimizing mining production. By Mariana Sandin, Seeq For decades, decision-making in the mining and mineral processing industry was based on synthesizing raw data from numerous locations, requiring manual aggregation and cleansing efforts in spreadsheets to make sense of process information. This effort is time-consuming…
Read MoreGekko sees success with OnLine Gold Analyser
Global mineral processing solution company Gekko Systems has announced a triumphant trial of the OnLine Gold Analyser (OLGA) on a flotation feed stream, representing a significant milestone in the ability to read gold grades in real-time. The fully self-contained OLGA module technology was developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), an Australian government agency responsible for scientific…
Read MoreCASPEO unveils online learning courses for mining
More than 35 years after introducing its flagship process simulator USIM PAC, CASPEO has launched a new e-learning platform of process engineering courses specifically designed for the mining industry and mineral processing engineering professionals. The platform has been created to boost the knowledge of mining workers’ data analysis techniques and to meet mining companies’ needed challenges and skills by training…
Read MoreCEMCO marks 60th
New Mexico-headquartered portable and stationary VSI crushing system manufacturer CEMCO is marking its 60th anniversary.
Read MoreSolvay expands U.S. facility to meet global copper demand
Solvay confirmed expansion plans for its Mount Pleasant, Tenn., facility in December that will increase copper solvent extraction (SX) product capacity by about 20%. The company said the copper market is projected to surge over the next 10 years from a number of end-use industries, which has led to growing demand from mining operations for its ACORGA and ACORGA OPT…
Read MoreSolving Problems Through Chemistry
When It Comes To Improving Efficiency, Profitability And Sustainability In A Challenging Market, The Suppliers Of Mining Chemicals Have More Than A Few Tricks Up Their Sleeve. By Jonathan Rowland As is often noted in the pages of mining trade publications, the industry is facing a broad range of challenges. Miners need to extract more to meet growing demand for metals and…
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