Mineral Sands

DemcoTECH designs and supplies materials handling systems and niche process plants  for the mineral sands mining and metallurgical industry. All types of conventional, overland and pipe conveyor systems are supplied to move ore and tailings, while stacking and reclaiming systems are available for the efficient, effective and economic reclaiming of bulk materials.

Commodity: Ilmenite; Contract Type: Detailed Design; LSTK Project Execution

A project to provide a belt filter and cooling system for the processing facility at the Tronox Namakwa Sands heavy minerals mine near Brand-se-Baai in South Africa, was carried out in two phases: the detailed design comprised a six month contract, followed by the award of a fast track lump sum turnkey (LSTK) execution contract. The cooling system was installed to increase the separation efficiency of the WHIMS, as magnetic separation is highly temperature sensitive.  All construction work had to be carried out with minimal disruption to operations. Read more …

Commodity: Titanium Ore; Contract Type: Design, Manufacture & Supply

DemcoTECH designed, engineered and supplied Kenmare Moma Minerals Processing Limited with the unique DemcoTECH AeroConveyor™. The project was executed in two phases. In the first phase, an AeroConveyor™ and tail-end combination hopper were supplied to the MOMA plant in Mozambique, with the scope also including repurposing the existing AeroConveyor™. Based on the success of this first installation, the client placed an order to retrofit four AeroConveyors™ in other parts of the plant. Read more …