A Canadian entrepreneur developed an innovative technology that is already being used in some mineral exploration camps in the Yukon territory, in the north of the country. The device is called Geoprobe and is basically a small, track-mounted hydraulic drill that gathers soil and rock-chip samples from the soil-bedrock interface on an exploration property. It does … Read more
Each of these Gold Refractory Process aim at the oxidation of sulphide minerals and utilizes a combination of fine grinding (3 to 9 microns) under mild conditions. Activox is a low temperature (90-100°C), low pressure (1000kPa) process. Albion is a low temperature (90-95°C), atmospheric pressure process. Albion’s reactor is not “just a tank”. It is specially design … Read more
The mineral processing plant manufacturer Appropriate Process Technologies (APT) is currently changing its strategy to target platinum miners, in Zimbabwe. The company is designing a new modular platinum gravity recovery system that can be used to process primary ores. The firm’s chief executive, Kevin Peacocke, said in a statement that: We are focusing more on designing and incorporating … Read more
The big mining company AngloGold Ashanti is testing a new technology, created to substantially increase South Africa’s gold reserves. The firm is betting on autonomous deep level mining to protect its workers and increase production and revenue. Miners cannot go deeper than five kilometers into mines due to safety risks. Although AngloGold’s deepest mine – the … Read more
The surface mining industry has just overcome a new milestone: a surface production drill completed a computer-generated drill pattern without human interaction for the first time ever. The Atlas Copco D65 crawler-mounted and articulated drill – developed by Atlas Copco Australia after a partnership with Rio Tinto – levelled, drilled and moved between rows as directed by computer-generated instructions. … Read more
The world of mining is going back to where it all begun: underground. According to the experts, the need to preserve the environment and the birth of new technologies are causing big companies to move back to underground mining. The trend is quite notorious in Chile, but is quickly spreading to other countries. Juan Carlos … Read more
It was a proprietary and licensed process. Is essentially low temperature/low pressure oxidation. I think patent may have expired, which is why I refer to it as low temp/low pressure rather than Activox. It was developed for Nickel extraction but can also be applied to refractory gold extraction.
Did you know it’s already possible to monitor and measure mining sites from space? That’s right. Thanks to the advances in imaging satellites and data processing technology, the industry has evolved into a point where it can successfully monitor mines from thousands of miles away. Recently, the president and founder of the Canadian company PhotoSat wrote an article … Read more
The process of automation in the African mining sector has been a hot topic for a while. Mining Examiner has published some articles about this issue, but there are new technologies out there that can help reduce the difficulties the industry is facing. The software giant SAP is working on solutions for the mining sector in … Read more
The company Itronics Inc. has recently announced it’s updating its technology developments and plans “with a focus on potential applications for silver-gold mines that have a silver to gold ratio exceeding 4 to 1 in the ore”, it’s possible to read on the firm’s website. According to the Nevada-based business, its technology may also “prove to … Read more