Hunchun Zijin Mining Co., Ltd. has made great strides in improving their process equipment as well as the skill level of their personnel. In this process, the company has achieved an 18% production efficiency improvement by using Metso’s crushers, screening media and an Life Cycle Services contract.

Terrafame mine has been the first one in the world to test the Metso-designed, light-weight truck body. The new Metso Truck Body can hold almost 9 tonnes more payload, which improves the efficiency of the mine’s hauling operations. As an added benefit, the rubber lining of the body cuts the perceived noise in half during loading and significantly reduces vibration.

Here are eight things to consider with pumps to make sure the whole plant is ready to meet requirements when aiming for production increases.

Metso has been awarded a contract to supply pyro-processing and comminution equipment for a lithium hydroxide processing plant at Albemarle's Kemerton site.

Every aspect in the production and shipping process counts when it comes to ensuring the mine’s production arrives at the port as scheduled.

In mineral processing, crusher efficiency can be compromised over time, affecting production time and, most importantly, the safety of employees. A major factor affecting crusher efficiency is the amount of downtime. The longer it takes to replace the wear parts inside the chamber of a primary gyratory crusher during a maintenance shutdown, the less uptime and thus, less production. By reducing the number of lifts, the replacement can be done much faster and safer.

Bottlenecks in a circuit are typically found in the equipment for comminution, transportation or classification. They may prevent crushing, screening and milling equipment from operating at their optimum performance levels. The bottlenecks might result from factors not originating in the stage where issues are observed. They can be related to equipment, operations or ore characteristics. Quality assessments are an effective way to tackle the issue as a whole: to identify both the root cause and corrective actions as well.

From the blasting phase to processing of ore, even the smallest of inefficiencies in the operation can add up. A proper assessment should identify problems and present recommendations based on capex, opex and net present value.

Metso has opened a new Competence Center for mining in China (CCC). Located in Hunan province in central China, the center focuses on developing and manufacturing solutions for the fast-changing Chinese mining market.

Sambo Mining is the main supplier of dolomite in South Korea, selling the product to the Asian steelmakers. In 2017, the production of -30mm end-product grew close to 100,000 tonnes to total of 800,000 tonnes a year. Of this, 200,00 tonnes of premium light-burnt dolomite (LBD) was produced for POSCO, one the largest steelmaking companies of the world, in addition to same amount of regular dolomite. To meet the high demand, Sambo Mining has invested heavily in developing both its dolomite mine and subsidiary’s Kwang Jin’s limestone quarry with Metso solutions

Market for lithium-ion batteries, utilized for example in electric cars and other electric equipment, is growing at an impressive annual rate of 20 percent. Due to increasing demand, a vital raw material for these batteries, lithium, is possibly one of the most valuable minerals in the foreseeable future. But what is the best place to look for the “white petroleum”?

Metso announced on October 26, 2018 its decision to invest in a new greenfield valve technology center in Jiaxing, China.