Our photo this week shows two ore agglomerators, used in the heap leaching process to extract metals such as gold, silver, nickel, or copper from ore. Once ore is mined and crushed, it is placed inside a rotary drum agglomerator, along with a leachate solution. …
As a booming global population and emerging economies put pressure on existing resources, and high grade ores become a thing of the past, mining companies are looking for technologies that will allow them to economically recover target materials, namely metals, from low-grade ore sources. One …
Copper is a versatile metal used in many of the products that modern civilization relies on, from electronics to infrastructure. For decades, smelting has been the primary approach to copper extraction. Although this method has proven to be effective for high grade sulfide ores, it …
This week’s highlighted resource is a page on heap leaching. Heap leaching is an essential technology in mining used to extract metals from low-grade ore sources. This technology is known for its ease of operation and low capital expense. Click here to view the web …
While the heap leaching process has proven to be efficient and cost-effective, efficiency and ore recovery can be further improved through the addition of an agglomeration drum. The following covers an introduction to heap leaching, and how agglomeration greatly improves this essential beneficiation process. A …
As gold continues to be one of the most widely used precious metals, more and more companies are expanding their reach in the gold mining and processing industry. And as with any finite resource in a world of growing demand, reclaiming as much of this …
The solvent extraction electro-winning process (SX-EW) is a hydrometallurgical means of extracting, purifying, and concentrating metals. SX-EW has continued to demonstrate successful use in effectively extracting and recovering copper from low grade and oxide ores. As a result, SX-EW has quickly become a staple in …
This week’s photo of the week shows a FEECO rotary ore agglomerator as it travels down a road in Northeast Wisconsin. The drum, which weighed in at 226,000 lbs., and traveled on a 210 ft. long, 19 ft. wide trailer, was one of three that …
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 …