IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 03/2014

Mill upgrade commissioned

ABB has commissioned an upgrade to Vale’s existing Clarabelle dual pinion semi-autogenous (SAG) mill (Fig. 1). The mill is used to reduce the size of the ore at the company’s nickel and copper...

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Issue 09/2014

Milling and sizing – innovations from FRITSCH

At POWTECH 2014 FRITSCH will present the new models of the FRITSCH premium line as well as further interesting innovations in the field of particle sizing. In the range of size-reduction the Jaw...

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Issue 03/2022 Learning from nature

Mine closure and tailings dams

W‌ith the latest tailings dam standards demanding a longer-term view of design, construction and closure outcomes, there is growing interest in design philosophies that incorporate shapes and...

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Issue 06/2019 Essential resource

Mine operators take control of the water

W‌ater is the lifeblood of our planet, and a resource essential to minerals processing which must be used conservatively. Mine operators must be conscious of their water use, as well as innovative in...

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Issue 07-08/2011

Minera Panama S.A. to re-size grinding equipment

Minera Panama S.A. has revised the original 2008 purchase of Metso grinding mills for the Cobre Panama project and has confirmed the resizing of the mills. The original grinding mill supply has now...

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Issue 06/2019 Proceedings

Mineral Processing and Recycling – 14 and 15 November 2018 in Freiberg, Part 1

M‌ore than 120 professionals attended the event, which was held in the auditorium of the former Mineral Processing Research Institute at the current site of the Helmholtz Institute of Resource...

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Issue 06/2017

Mineral Processing and Recycling – Call for Papers

The next conference on “Processing and Recycling” will take place on 8 and 9 November 2017 in the auditorium of the former FIA building in Chemnitzer Straße 40 in Freiberg. It is hosted by the...

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Issue 07-08/2019 Proceedings

Mineral Processing and Recycling – 14 and 15 November 2018 in Freiberg, Part 2

F‌ollowing the acknowledgment of the lifetime achievements of Prof. Heinrich Schubert, who died in spring 2018, in another 16 papers and 10 poster presentations, reports were given on current problems...

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Issue 09/2020 Conference report

Mineral Processing and Recycling – 7 and 8 November 2019 in Freiberg, Part 1

T‌he conference, attended by around 120 industry professionals, was held in the auditorium of the former Mineral Processing Research Institute at the current site of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg...

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Issue 10/2020 Conference report

Mineral Processing and Recycling – 7 and 8 November 2019 in Freiberg, Part 2

Machines, equipment and sensorsFor the preparation of representative samples, the paper presented by Dr Tanja Butt, Thomas Schmatz and Holger Neumann (Retsch GmbH) on “Processing slags/waste-derived...

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