Core has recently completed commissioning process equipment at a reclaim-scrub-float-CIL gold tailings retreatment plant in South East Asia. Core has played a key role in this ‘fast track’ project from its beginning, providing the initial conceptual basis for the project just 20 months ago, followed by testwork, process design, equipment costings, assistance with sourcing and…
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At the recent MetPlant and World Gold conferences Glencore Technology along with Dr Duncan Turner of Core presented a paper on the success of the recently commissioned Zod Albion Process Plant in Armenia. The Albion Process is a new technology for the treatment of refractory concentrates, was developed at Core’s laboratories, and is now commercialised…
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Hastings Announces Rare Earth Process Design Work Awarded to Core Hastings Rare Metals Limited is an ASX listed explorer developing the Yangibana Rare Earths project in Western Australia. After very successful drilling in the short period since acquiring the resource, Hastings has now commenced a Preliminary Feasibility Study on the project. Core has been awarded…
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Site Based Ore Sorting Trial An Australian copper producer recently approached Core to assist with an on-site project for trialling Ore Sorting equipment. The goal of the trial was to investigate sorting as a technology to upgrade an existing large stockpile of low grade ore to prepare it for flotation. The trial was conducted on site,…
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We are very pleased to announce that Core’s laboratory – hrltesting – has recently received accreditation from NATA for a very wide range of analytical services. Core’s specialist analytical laboratory provides assay services for mineral processing operations and projects, along with analysis of environmental and soil samples. NATA – or the National Association of Testing…
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La lixiviación de oro con una solución de cianuro sigue siendo el proceso hidrometalúrgico más ampliamente utilizado para la extracción de oro de minerales y concentrados. A pesar de las dificultades y riesgos de trabajar con cianuro, ningún otro proceso todavía ha demostrado ser una alternativa viable económica. Un artículo publicado por L. Elsner en…
Read article Leaching gold with a cyanide solution remains the most widely used hydrometallurgical process for the extraction of gold from ores and concentrates. Despite the difficulties and hazards of working with cyanide, no other process has yet been proven to be an economic viable alternative. A paper published by L. Elsner in 1846 first correctly identified…
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Recently Core was approached by an African based copper operation to provide on-site assistance in the optimisation of their grind-flotation processing plant, located in Botswana, Africa. This Process Plant Optimisation Project was part of broader campaign by the company to improve production results across the whole operation. Core’s work on the operation included both on…
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Core was recently approached by an Australian-owned international mining operation to provide on-site consultancy services to assist with the optimisation of their processing plant. The project has drawn on the expertise of senior professionals at Core with extensive career experience in commissioning, operating and optimising process plants. Following Core’s involvement, the plant achieved significant improvements in performance,…
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A client approached hrltesting to investigate options for precious metal recovery from a gold tailings dam project. The project examined options for re-processing the tailings material in the existing operational site plant. The goals of the project were threefold: Investigate and optimise gold and silver recoveries by cyanide leaching Evaluate any beneficiation options available to…
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