News

The latest issue of the APAC Outlook magazine has published a feature article on Mineral Technologies entitled Mineral Mastery.

Last week we welcomed Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews, and Member for Moncrieff Angie Bell to our Australian head office on the Gold Coast.

During COVID-19, we’ve continued manufacturing whilst exercising new levels of social distancing and one-way traffic workflows in our factories. This has enabled our teams to continue to deliver customer orders.

When Covid-19 restrictions impacted Downer Engineers’ travel from the Hexham office, Mineral Technologies Engineering and Met Services department personnel were called on to assist.

Releasing the new Mobile Mining Unit (MMU). A high-performance solution designed by Mineral Technologies for mining sites where traditional dredging is not an option, or not cost effective.

Pleased to feature in a new case study from Austrade featuring Mineral Technologies operations in India.

The Mineral Technologies team has been assisting WIM Resource to complete the Avonbank mineral sands pilot plant test work in Dooen, Australia.

Mineral Technologies has appointed Mill-Ore as its agent for eastern Canada.

Mineral Technologies is pleased to report that one of our Ukrainian customers, United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), has recently commissioned eight banks of our MD Spiral Separators (models MG6.3 and HG10i) as part of the refurbishment of their Irshansk mineral sands operation.

Encouraging women to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Downer’s mineral processing business, Mineral Technologies welcomed students from Griffith University’s Women in Engineering group to the Australian head office at Carrara in September.

This year is shaping to be another busy one for Mineral Technologies as its global teams demonstrate the latest mineral processing solutions at major exhibitions and conferences worldwide.

The South African operation of Downer’s Mineral Technologies business achieved major milestones in safety, delivery and revenue recently.

As part of the Downer group, Mineral Technologies brings together teams of great people to deliver excellent work for customers.

Alex de Andrade, Global Manager, Sales, Equipment and Technology, says that a key component in forming great teams is nurturing people both personally and professionally through skills development, competitive benefits, career pathways and fostering a proudly diverse workforce.

Proudly celebrating NAIDOC Week, Mineral Technologies hosted a Welcome to Country and raised the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at its head office in Carrara, Queensland.

Downer’s Mineral Technologies business and research alliance partners, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC) recently celebrated its first year researching solutions that will revolutionise the way mining products are manufactured by using additive manufacturing, or 3D printing as it’s more commonly known.

Celebrating the companionship we share with pets, the Mineral Technologies team at the head office in Carrara, Australia participated in ‘bring your dog to work day’ on 21^st June 2019.

Improving service to our customers and supporting growth targets, Mineral Technologies has established a world-class stores facility at Carrara which houses all inventory and spare parts, allowing them to be picked and distributed within a LEAN operating environment.

With a focus on helping Iron Ore customers improve product grade and yield and decrease costs, our technology solutions are delivering competitive advantages for projects worldwide.

At an unprecedented speed, organisations are being disrupted and displaced by technology that will continue to revolutionise the workplace over the next 20 years and beyond.

We are proud to have collaborated with Lycopodium, IHG Robbins, Aurecon and PRDW to deliver the PFS for Base Resources’ Toliara Project in Madagascar.