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 21st 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.
Today, the Hon Karen Andrews MP, Federal Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, announced the recipients of the Government’s METS Ignited Collaborative Project Funds, confirming Mineral Technologies innovative automation project with Roy Hill will receive $1 million, matching funds contributed by Roy Hill.
Mineral Technologies and Roy Hill’s project is focused on automating the gravity separation spiral process used in Roy Hill’s iron ore beneficiation plant in Western Australia to optimise the concentration of lower grade ore into higher value ore for export.
Announced at Mineral Technologies on the Gold Coast, the partners were among eight mining supply businesses awarded $4.1 million in Government innovation funding.
Downer’s General Manager Process and Engineering, Jess Maddren, said Mineral Technologies was proud to be awarded funding with Roy Hill to deliver the important project and to welcome the Minister to its Carrara head office.
“The project funding along with Roy Hill’s contribution is a significant investment and will ensure that Mineral Technologies can resource the automation project. It was a privilege to host the METS Ignited announcement event and meeting with Minister Andrews at Mineral Technologies provided a wonderful opportunity to showcase our world class metallurgical testing and production facility,” said Jess.
“We are thankful to Roy Hill for assisting in the preparation of the funding submission and with funding now in place we are assembling a talented team of engineers, designers and mineral processing experts to deliver the project.”
Downer’s Executive General Manager, Engineering and Construction, Andrew Foster, said that METS Ignited funding will assist Mineral Technologies to continue to bring improvements in gravity separation.
“Downer looks forward to seeing the automation project bring a step-change to the management of iron ore beneficiation. Our close working relationship with Roy Hill is paramount to the project’s success and we thank Roy Hill for their support in securing the project funding,” said Andrew.
Mineral Technologies is a Downer Company and employs 150 people on the Gold Coast with international teams in Africa, the America’s and India and is an excellent example of Australian innovation delivering solutions worldwide.
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As a member of the alliance formed with University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC) to research Additive Manufacturing (AM) solutions, Downer’s Mineral Technologies business hosted a UTS Summer Studio Series in Sydney in February.
Pictured above: Jonathan Loraine, Executive Director, Core Resources and Tom Lawson, Global Manager Strategic Projects and Business Development, Mineral Technologies
Pictured above are Senior Leaders from The Egyptian Black Sands Company and Mineral Technologies.
Following the Australian Coal Preparation Society (ACPS) conference and exhibition we are pleased to share some photos of the event.
We were delighted to participate in the biennial conference and exhibition of the Australian Coal Preparation Society (ACPS) in September.
Thanks to the visitors who joined us at our trade stand at Electra Mining in Johannesburg last week. Attracting thousands of visitors, Electra Mining proved once again why it is one of the largest mining events in Africa.
This month we’re shipping CS1 spirals to New Zealand Steel for beneficiation of iron sand from the black sand beaches of the North Island. The sand contains mainly iron sand (titanomagnetite) and lime-soda feldspars.
Downer has been awarded the 2018 Diversity Employer Award by group training organisation WPC Group.
