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ORE SORTING AND GRAVITY
I2Mine project contact, summarises the results:
“The case study shows that, by implementing
TOMRA´s sorting solution, 12% less mass needs
to be moved and therefore less mass is trucked
to the Boliden concentrator. This directly
reduces energy consumption and carbon
emissions for both grinding and transportation
– a significant contribution to the I2Mine
objectives and for the deep underground mine
of the future.”
Standard and X-ray
images of the
particles containing
Zn-Pb ore (red and
yellow) fed through
the Comex CXR1000 sorter
project were
recently presented
at New Boliden,
Sweden. TOMRA
Sorting Mining is
contributing to the
concept of an
invisible, zeroimpact mine where the focus is on the
development of technologies suitable for deep
mining activities.
During November last year, the fourth year of
the EU-funded I2Mine project was marked by a
demonstration day when there was an
opportunity to learn about project results and
view the testing of a prototype used to process
bulk ore samples.
Working within the I2Mine project, TOMRA has
Chromite and uranium
Christopher Robben, Business Development
Manager TOMRA Sorting Mining and TOMRA’s
Multotec’s pipe launders are well known in mineral
sands and iron ore where the PVC pipe launders
have proved their worth in arduous applications for
many years, significantly outperforming their steel
The TOMRA demonstration plant at Boliden
developed and built a prototype machine
described as an ‘underground mineral sorter’.
This facility has been designed to withstand the
robust demands of underground mining
conditions while operating at a high capacity-tovolume ratio, and has successfully proven its
ability to meet those requirements.
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