Track 2: Process Innovation, Circularity and Recovery

Process Innovation, Circularity and Recovery 3
From Strategy to Results: Implementing Integrated Mine-toProcess Optimization at Toromocho 4
Integrated Arsenic Removal and Stabilization from Mining Streams: Comparative Evaluation of Pyrolysis and Precipitation Approaches Using the GlassLock Process™ 17
Digital Transformation of the Mining Drilling Process: Multibrand Data Integration, Real-Time Monitoring, Targeted Reporting, and Artificial Intelligence Application 28
Accelerated Reagent Discovery for Fertilizer Mineral Processing 41
Where to Innovate in Your Organization and How to Measure Its Impact 48
Fast Track Solution Crushing Plant: Process Innovation, Circularity & Recovery 53
Capacity Recovery in a Low-Grade Phosphate Concentrator: A Scalable Optimization Approach via Calibrated Dynamic Simulation and Strategic Debottlenecking 62
Smart Hybrid Initiation Strategy in 28-Foot Underground Development Cycles: Improved Feed, Overbreak Control, and Cost Efficiency 73
Optimization of the Caro’s Acid Process for Cyanide Destruction in CIP Cyanidation Tailings as a Contribution to the Quality of Industrial Reuse Water at the Antapite Processing Plant 88
Advanced Flotation Strategies Towards Eco-Efficient Rare Earth Elements Ore Beneficiation 97
Enhancing Selectivity and Simplifying Coarse Particle Flotation Circuits: The NovaCell ™ Advantage 106
Copper Processing Innovation and Extraction 118
Still Bright’s RACER: A Zero-Waste Copper Extraction Process to Restore Social License 119
Flash Flotation in Ernest Henry’s Regrind Circuit – A Case Study in Adding Value Through a Considered and Methodical Approach 128
Simplifying the Future of Flotation with Ore Pre-Concentration and Scalping 143
New Developments in Copper Heap Leaching 148
Beyond the Stator: Baffles as a Tool to Improve Coarse Particle Suspension and Reduce Power Consumption in Mechanical Flotation Cells 164
Circularity and Waste-to-Value 177
Florence Copper & In-Situ Copper Recovery: A New Milestone for Sustainable Copper Mining 178
Maximizing Value in Copper Deposits by Applying Sorting Technology 183
Characterization of Mining Wastes for Circular Economy Integration 195
From Liability to Asset: A Sustainable Approach for Mine Tailings Remediation in Peru 208
Rethinking Mining: Carbon Footprint Benchmark of Precious Metal Recovery from Mobile Devices under Business-as-Usual and Recovery & Reuse Scenarios 224
Optimizing Critical Raw Material Recovery Through Thermodynamic Modelling: Lessons from the EURO-TITAN Project 238
Sustainable Solutions for Plastic Products Through Process Innovation and Circular Economy: Utilizing Fine Particles of Montmorillonitic BentoniteSInstructions 252
Fungal Tolerance to Bauxite Residue as a Pathway to Circular Metal Recovery 265
Bioleaching for Cobalt Recovery from Mining Tailings: A Circular Economy Approach for Critical Metal Supply 278
Unlocking Value Through Flotation Launder Retrofits in Mineral Processing Plants 289
Innovative Study of Iron Tailings Occurrence in a Brazilian Dam: Contribution to the Circular Economy 309
Concentrators, Capital, Reliability and Sustainability 322
Large Copper Concentrator Designs and Execution A review of the past three decades of some of our projects and how the capital allocation has changed, together with other influential factors and current challenges 323
Optimizing Capital and Operational Costs by Integrating Dynamic Process Simulation Studies and RAM Modelling 335
Preventing Major Asset Failures – How to Protect the Heart of Your Mine (Grinding Mills) 340
Beyond Energy: Life-Cycle-Based Carbon Footprint Metrics for Sustainable Mineral Processing 353
A Roadmap to a Sustainable Process Integration 367
Integrated Water Infrastructure: Mining Efficiency and Regional Benefits 379
Reliability Transformation Journey at Vale’s Clarabelle Mill 391
Transforming Mining Shutdown Execution Through Integrated VDC/BIM: A Scalable Framework for Brownfield Projects 406
From Pits to Power: Conveyor-Belt Gravity Energy Storage for Post-Mining Landscapes 419
Improving Mine–Plant Reconciliation Through Online Grade Measurement on the Conveyor Belt: A Case Study from Chuquicamata Underground 429
Sustainable Water and Tailings Solutions 437
Commingling Technology: Advancing Sustainable Management of Waste Rock and Tailings in the Mining Industry 438
Key Design Considerations for Tailings Dewatering 450
Enhancing Filtered Tailings Implementation via Comprehensive Upstream Process Integration 458
Dewatering Technology in Cycloned Tailings for Water Recovery and Immediate Compaction of Sands in Tailings Wall Construction 466
Mine to Tailing 4.0: Optimization of Water, Energy, and Tailings in Modern Mining — Metso Technology Solutions 479
Sustainability of Filtered Tailings Options 491

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