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From Mine To Mill
Nalco Water takes on the toughest mining challenges to optimize your process at every stage. With solutions for throughput, water savings, recovery, and more, Nalco Water is your premier partner for mineral processing.
Mine Water Management
Material Handling
Mineral Processing
Tailings Management
Mining and Mineral Processing Success Stories
Focus on Base Metals Flotation
A copper mine in South America partnered with Nalco Water to help achieve their operational goals. The goals included improving recovery through their copper flotation circuit, increasing productivity, and ultimately reducing the total cost of operations while ensuring a safe production environment. By introducing FrothPro 507, a specific product in our diverse portfolio of frothers, Nalco Water helped the mine save on maintenance and increase recovery by 2,526 tons per year, amounting to $14.98M in value delivered to the customer. Download the case study below to learn more.
Focused on Phosphate Mining
In phosphate processing operations, calcium sulfate scale is a daily cost of doing business. The scale results in lost evaporator efficiency, lost production time due to cleanings, increased cleaning-related expenses, and cleaning-related safety challenges. Nalco Water partnered with a US-based phosphoric acid plant to help minimize scale build-up. By deploying SCALE-GUARD EP310, Nalco Water helped the plant increase annual production by 54%, as well as decrease cleaning time and intensity. Download the case study below to learn more.
Focus on Dust Control Programs
A large iron ore operation experienced high-levels of dust and low visibility on haul roads during dry months. The mine turned to Nalco Water to partner on a solution that would help them achieve better, safer results and reduce the cost of treatment compared to a water-only mining dust suppression approach. With the implementation of HAUALGE-DC dust control technology, Nalco Water helped the mine reduce the need for spray trucks by 77%, which saved significant water, energy, and cost, while still improving the condition of the treated road. Download the case study below to learn more.
Focus on Scale Control Programs
At a Chilean copper mine, occasional changes to the water balance can cause heavy scale formation. In this particular instance, the plant partnered with Nalco Water to leverage the Mining Optimizer modeling software to determine the root cause of the scale build-up. Nalco Water performed a detailed audit and was able to suggest an optimized scale control program that helped the mine recirculate a significant amount of process water instead of drawing from groundwater wells. Download the case study below to learn how the Nalco Water solution helped the mine improve profitability by $12M.