NORDIC SUPPLIERS
The fully automatic Larox fast-opening filter press ( FFP ) combines the benefits of membrane technology and sidebar design with high mechanical and process performance , providing safe and sustainable high-volume dewatering of tailings with low operating and life cycle costs , according to Metso Outotec
enables our customers to have the best possible project teams .”
Nordic mineral processing OEMs have been following a similar model to AFRY in recent decades to reach global customers .
FLSmidth , for example , has been able to leverage its distribution centres in Latin America and its global experts in key hubs such as Denmark and USA to deliver contracts to miners in the region .
One of its recent wins came in Argentina where it has agreed to supply Josemaria Resources ’ 150,000 t / d copper-gold project in the San Juan Province with three gearless SAG mills , three gearless ball mills and cyclones by late-2023 .
The Josemaria open-pit mine is a high-grade copper-gold porphyry project . Located in Argentina , some 450 km from San Juan in an important and emerging copper mining district , Josemaria has an anticipated mine life of 19 years .
And , still in Latin America , the mining OEM
was chosen to supply rotary kiln , rotary dryer and other equipment and services to the Araguaia Niquel Metais Ltda ferronickel mine in Brazil . Alongside the pyroprocessing systems , which include the rotary kiln , rotary dryer and pneumatic transport equipment ,
FLSmidth will supply the full electrical solution for the site and the laboratory equipment . Complete installation advisory and commissioning services will also be provided .
It was also chosen to supply a range of mineral processing equipment for a large , established copper-gold mine in Southeast Asia , with the equipment – some of the largest in the world – allowing the mine to increase its process capacity . Under the agreement , FLSmidth will supply both the mills and thickeners for the project , including two gearless SAG mills and two gearless ball mills plus three CCD thickeners , two tailings thickeners and one filtrate thickener .
While the company was busy sealing such deals in the March quarter , it also arranged two digital partnerships that will help it advance its MissionZero sustainability ambition of delivering solutions to help reduce global CO 2 emissions by more than 10 % and becoming carbon neutral in its own operations by 2030 .
It signed a global partnership with industrial software firm , AVEVA , to deliver cutting-edge digitally enabled solutions and services to the mining industry , while agreeing with Microsoft on a collaboration aimed at accelerating its digital journey , co-innovating and improving existing offerings , advancing MissionZero and increasing its ability to demonstrate technological
On April 1 , Finland-based companies Valmet and Neles merged , creating in the process a leading company with a unique offering for process industries globally , they said .
The combined company expects to have growth potential in all current businesses and in new emerging sectors supported by favourable megatrends . It will also have enhanced growth opportunities across automation and flow control serving a range of various process industries with a strong sustainability focus . It will also benefit from broader revenue and cost synergies anchored in the strong industrial logic of combining flow control and automation systems .
While paper , board , pulp and energy technologies will be part of the combined company ’ s make-up , flow control , automation systems and services will also come into play – sectors that touch the mining , mineral processing and metallurgical space .
Neles , which was spun out from Metso around the same time Metso merged with Outotec to become Metso Outotec , was , prior to the merger , one of the leading providers of mission-critical flow control solutions and services for process industries . Led by its Neles ® and Jamesbury ® brands , it offered the total package of the valve , the actuator and the smart controller , allowing it to tailor solutions for slurry , utility and severe service applications . In 2021 , it added to this with the acquisition of Flowrox ’ s valve and pump businesses , increasing its exposure to the mining and metals industry .
Valmet , meanwhile , is a leading global developer and supplier of process technologies , automation and services for the pulp , paper and energy industries . By merging with Neles , it is gaining this mining and metals industry exposure .
leadership in mining and cement in support of customers ’ sustainability and productivity goals .
Similarly , Metso Outotec is utilising the Nordic-based Larox ® brand and its own service representatives in Southeast Asia to deliver the engineering , manufacturing and supply of Planet Positive Larox FFP3512 filters to PT Huafei Nickel Cobalt ’ s greenfield laterite nickel ore project in Indonesia .
The fully automatic fast-opening filter press ( FFP ) combines the benefits of membrane technology and sidebar design with high mechanical and process performance , providing safe and sustainable high-volume dewatering of tailings with low operating and life cycle costs , according to Metso Outotec .
The contract , which is also set to include installation and commissioning advisory services and spare parts , will help PT Huafei Nickel Cobalt reach targeted annual output of 120,000 t of nickel metal at the hydrometallurgical plant .
Also in Southeast Asia , Robit distributor , Dong Loi Equipment & Service Corporation , helped close a significant delivery agreement for Robit drilling consumables recently .
The agreement – including mainly Top Hammer products – was with the Hung Thinh Phat gold mine in Laos and was an example of the decisive and seamless cooperation between Robit and its Vietnam-based distributor Dong Loi , Robit said .
Hung Thinh Phat is a gold mine in central Laos . The mine currently operates an array of 11 machines , with a plan to increase the fleet size to 17 units . With a production rate of around 30 Mt / y , the mine is a big client for Top Hammer drilling consumables , according to Robit .
Having convinced the customer of the quality of Robit products , Dong Loi agreed a guaranteed supply of Robit products of high-quality and good performance to the mine as well as supplements the agreement with Dong Loi ’ s after-sales , shipping and technical services support .
Game-changing Nordic collaboration
A Nordic collaboration with global significance comes in the form of Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions ’ partnership with Boliden , which involves a small-scale trial of 3D manufactured parts that , the companies say , will help both companies assess the potential of 3D printing .
Additive manufacturing – or 3D printing as it is more commonly known – is maturing fast and has progressed from printing plastic components to now being able to print ceramics and metals .
To discover the potential of the technology , Boliden has teamed up with Sandvik to run a trial that will see machine parts printed digitally and installed on underground drill rigs .
The trial with Sandvik involves a set of specially redesigned components printed
30 International Mining | MAY 2022