SO2 Manufacturing Process – Sulfur Burning Plant
The SO2 Manufacturing Process is “simple”, all you need is a sulfur burning plant. The flowsheet represent what you need for a sulfur burning system to produce SO2. The manufacturing of 1 metric tonne per day of SO2 requires a sulfur-burning SO2 plant capable of smoking-up around 46 lb/hr (21 kg/hr) of sulfur to produce 92 lb/hr (42 […]
Rotary Filter Internal Piping & Manifold
This insides (Internal Piping) of a Disk or Drum Rotary Filter and its Manifold are much similar to each other. Each of the sectors are attached to what is known as the MANIFOLD. The purpose of the manifold is provide a series of passages for both the vacuum and the air. Each passage services one sector from […]
Arsenopyrite Gold Recovery
Having some arsenopyrite in your gold ore sample does not insure a full refractory gold processes is needed for recovery. The presence of arsenopyrite and heavy sulphides just tells a component of fraction of the gold extraction process might have a refractory response. This post is no handbook on procedure for treating sulphide ores for maximum arsenopyrite gold recovery, […]
Copper Precipitation & Cementation using Scrap Iron
In the search for lower cost methods of recovering copper, the use of sponge iron or particulate iron (as distinguished from iron powder used in powder metallurgy) as precipitants in place of tin cans, detinned scrap iron, or scrap iron is an intriguing possibility. The relatively faster copper precipitation rate obtained with particulate iron as […]
Gold & Copper Bioleaching
Bacterial Leaching of Copper Ores Several types of bacteria capable of living in an acid environment have been isolated from copper mine waters. The foremost of these are of the genus Thiobacillus (T.). Thiobacillus bacteria are acidophilic aerobic chemolithotrophs which grow most rapidly at a pH in the range of 2-3. T. ferrooxidans derive their […]
Rich Private Investors Interested in Asteroid Mining
Knight Frank, a reputable residential and commercial property consultancy, has stated on their recent Wealth Report that a lot of ultra-rich private investors are interested in asteroid mining. These near-earth bodies will be explored to acquire metals and valuable elements. According to researches, asteroids could possibly store several metals and elements such as iron, nickel, […]
Mining process based on bacterias unlocks gold in South Africa
A bacteria-rich process currently being used in Barberton, a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, can help liberate ultra-fine gold locked in sulphide crystals. The experiment, called Biox technology, is happening in three mines owned by Pan African Resources. Besides these three pits, there are other five gold mines around the world currently using the biological oxidation […]
Scientists test new technique to mine water on Mars
With an apparent and significant amount of water locked up in ice, Mars is being studied by the scientists that want to understand how to extract the precious liquid. And the answer is via some very different mining techniques. Recent exploratory missions have found that water ice exists on the planet’s poles and just beneath […]
Nickel extraction technology better for the environment
Nickel ore might be abundant these days, but that wasn’t the case in the past and, like most things, this excess will be over in a near future. According to a British Geological Survey, referred by the site Metal Miner, 73 percent of the continental world nickel resources are lateritic. Still, the current dominant extraction process, […]
Report about clean mining: how to be a green miner
A recent report released by Kachan & Co. – and reported by Mining Examiner here – highlighted 47 innovative projects that can change the future of mining and also gives advice to industry stakeholders. The document is proving that the resource sector can be clean and environment-friendly, so Dallas Kachan, from Kachan & Co., spoke with Resource Investing […]