Mineral sands processing

What we do

We offer a range of mineral process solutions, services and equipment across all stages of the project lifecycle. From metallurgical test work, concept and pre-feasibility studies, through to plant design, equipment supply, and commissioning.

Our products

Our services

Commodities

Our solutions

At Mineral Technologies, we thrive on innovation. We deliver novel developments in mineral processing technology and bespoke design solutions that help you extract maximum value from your projects.

Our solutions

Mineral Technologies was once the second largest producer of mineral sands in the world. At our peak, we operated 10 plants simultaneously.

In the 1950’s our focus shifted to the development of mineral separation technology. Since then we have focused on technological and process advancement across the industry.

Customers value our ongoing commitment to researching and developing new and innovative equipment designs that extract maximum value from mineral sands.

The benefits of deploying Mineral Technologies’ in your mineral sands operation include:

High mineral recoveries, and improved product grade, over a wide particle size range
Compact & efficient models mean reduced footprint operations
Limited equipment maintenance required
No reagents are used in the circuits; this delivers environmentally friendly processes reducing operating costs and lowering potential for environmental incidents
Energy efficient magnetic elements, with higher throughput rates, allow for reduced operating expenses

Completed projects

Mission South, Jesup and Offerman Projects, Chemours, USA
Grande Côte, Mineral Deposits Limited, Africa
Chavara, Indian Rare Earths Limited, India
Trimex Sands Pvt Ltd, India
Millennium, Brazil, South America
Snapper and Ginkgo Projects, Tronox Mining, Australia
Douglas and Hamilton, Iluka Resources Limited, Australia

We work hard to create and sustain valued customer relationships that enable our teams to fully understand, anticipate and deliver solutions. Turning possibilities into reality.

Mineral Technologies can help to deliver your project vision, by providing services from early analysis right through to complete metallurgical flowsheets suitable for process engineering and detailed plant design.

We continue to innovate to improve mineral sands operations through the development of products like the Lyons Feed Control Unit (LFCU), Mobile Mining Unit (MMU), CT1 Spiral Technology and FLEXSERIES Modular Plants. Our experienced staff are passionate about providing the best fit-for-purpose solutions which may include the use of our proprietary equipment in new operations, plant expansions or optimisations and working with operations staff to continually monitor and improve long term plant operation.

While there are similarities between different ore bodies it is by understanding the differences in parameters such as size, grade and mineralogy that we are able to develop optimised solutions for each one. The development of an efficient and profitable operation that can be easily operated and maintained for the life of the deposit relies on careful testing for flowsheet development, good design and the use of the most efficient and robust processing equipment available.

Mineral Technologies delivers these key goods and services to the majority of emerging and established producers globally.

Mineral sands processing has been at the heart of what we do and who we are for over 80 years.
Initially we focussed on developing and optimising our own operations, today we assist our clients to build efficient and sustainable operations worldwide. You could say that Mineral sands processing is in our DNA.”
Dale Henderson, Regional Sales Manager, Australia & Europe

From our testwork we deliver concept, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies as well as cost effective flowsheets to safely and efficiently extract the fine minerals. Where the ore is different and challenging, we bring innovative capabilities to design new and unique solutions that augment and lift the potential of conventional flowsheets to extract the fine minerals.

Extending beyond traditional spiral plants, our plant designs for mineral sands processing incorporate gravity, electrostatic and magnetic processing equipment with capacities ranging from 5 to 7,000 tonnes per hour.

The latest range of equipment for mineral sands processing includes:

MG6.3 and MG12 Spiral Separators – for low to medium grade feed
HG10i and VHGS Spiral Separators – for high to very high feed grades
Compact Turbo (CT1) Spiral Separators – for high density processing
FM1 Spiral Separators – for particles below 150 micron
Reading Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separators (WHIMS), Low to Medium Intensity Magnetic Separators (LIMS & MIMS) and Rare Earth Magnetic Separators (RED & RER)
Carrara High Tension Roll (HTR) Separator
Lyons Feed Control Unit (LFCU) – Innovative surge bin technology

MG6.3 and MG12 Spiral Separators

HG10i and VHGS Spiral Separators

Compact Turbo (CT1) Spiral Separators

FM1 Spiral Separators

Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separators (WHIMS)

Low to Medium Intensity Magnetic Separators (LIMS & MIMS)

Rare Earth Magnetic Separators (RED & RER)

High Tension Roll (HTR) Separator

Lyons Feed Control Unit (LFCU).

To find out more about how we can drive down operational costs and extract maximum value from your mineral processing operations across the project lifecycle contact our local team today.

What we do

Our products

Our services

Commodities

Our solutions

Our solutions

No one knows mineral sands processing like we do.

Proven mineral sands expertise

Completed projects

Relationships create success