Next week, FEECO representatives Barry Wilson and Brian Madigan, will partake in a trade mission to Australia. The mission is offered through a partnership between the State of Wisconsin and the Council of Great Lakes Governors (CGLG). Following the Australian mission, Barry and Brian will go to Southeast Asia as part of an additional mission Read More…
Yesterday, Governor Scott Walker signed the mining bill that will help to ease the permit process for companies looking to mine in Wisconsin. This means good news for potential mining companies like Gogebic Taconite, who has been looking to start an iron mine in the northwestern part of the state. This time last year, Governor Read More…
While many consider mining to be the act of extracting materials from the earth, there is much more to mining than meets the eye. The mining industry covers everything from the initial excavation, to separating the material from the ore in which it lies, and even the processing of material for use. The mining industry Read More…
In a recent article for MiningIQ, Dallas Kachan, executive director for the Clean Mining Alliance in Canada, sat down for a Q&A to discuss why mining companies are investing in clean technologies, and what the future holds for “clean mining.” While there have been claims that interests in clean technologies by mining companies are merely Read More…
Mining in Wisconsin has come under the spotlight recently, as the frac sand boom makes its way through Wisconsin counties. This boom for the valuable quartz sand has struck debate amongst Wisconsites state-wide. And while the issues surrounding mining in Wisconsin are new to many, what many people don’t realize, is that Wisconsin is no Read More…
As populations increase, so does the need for resources, including metals such as nickel, silver, gold, copper, and uranium. However, it is not always economically viable to extract these metals from their low-grade ores. And now more than ever, recovering them from what is available to us, is of the utmost importance. What is Heap Read More…
Heap leaching, a process by which base metals such as gold, silver, nickel, uranium, and copper are recovered from ore, has been in long been the method of choice for ore beneficiation. While this process has proven to be an efficient process, often chosen for its cost-effectiveness, the efficiency of the heap leaching process relies Read More…
Customer: Multinational Mining Company Plant Location: Brazil Industry: Mining and Minerals Major Equipment: 4 separate pelletizing lines that included: 16’ Diameter Disc Pelletizer Raw Material Storage Hopper Weighbelt Feeder Chain Mill Fluffer Material Handled: Nickel Bearing Ore Engineer: FEECO International, Inc. Process: Proprietary. Project Completed: Scheduled for completion end of 2010 Download: Nickel Ore Pelletizing
