IDENTIFIED BY GOVERNMENT UNDER ZIMBABWE AGENDA FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION (ZIMASSET) AS ONE OF THE MAIN PILLARS IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY
PRESENTATION OUTLINE REQUIREMENTS FOR BENEFICIATION & VALUE ADDITION BENEFICIATION & VALUE ADDITION METHODS & TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGES OF BENEFICIATION & VALUE ADDITION CHALLENGES FACED & SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS ZIMBABWE Empowered Lives Resilient Nations
What are the key requirements for Beneficiation and Value Addition Skilled personnel (metallurgists,chemists, etc) Efficient technology Water Electrical power Transport Infrastructure (rail, road, air) REQUIREMENTS FOR BENEFICIATION & VALUE ADDITION
ROADS AND RIVERS 4 ROADS & RIVERS Maintain roads, bridges & rivers in your areas
PRIMARY POWER TRANSMISSION 5 Chakari
RAIL NETWORK AND DISTANCE FROM PORTS 6 CentreRail Distances (km) BeiraMaputoDurbanRichards Bay Gweru ,7641,684 Bulawayo1,0511,0831,8801,800 Hwange1,3891,4212,2182,138 Mutare2901,5462,6412,561 Beitbridge1, ,5981,518 Chicualacuala1, ,8791,799
BALL MILLS FOR GRINDING ORE
Grinding ore in a Ball Mill
Liberation due to Crushing & Grinding Liberated mineral particle Middlings Liberated gangue particle CRUSHING FORCES
Ore Ball mill Crusher Boiler Cyanidation tanks Smelting furnace Bullion u/s o/s u/f o/f Loaded Carbon Conc Tails Conc Tails Gravity concentrator Gemine table Screen Final tails
GOLD PROCESSING FLOWSHEET 1 Stamp mill Ore Boiler Cyanidation tanks Smelting furnace Bullion Loaded Carbon Conc Tails Gravity concentrator Gemine table Final tails
Mobile Process Plant for alluvial ore SCRUBBER GRAVITY CONCENTRATOR
Large Scale Gold Processing Plant: Carbon in Pulp (CIP)
GOLD BULLION PRODUCTION & MARKETING – FIDELITY REFINERS
BENEFICIATION
Flotation Process to Upgrade PGMs & Base Metals The PGMs and Base Metals are floated using specialised reagents
Concentrate & Quality Control & Metal Accounting XRF ANALYSER
BNC, UNKI & MIMOSA BENEFICIATION
ZIMPLATS BENEFICIATION
TAILINGS DAM MANAGEMENT
TAILINGS MANAGEMENT
THE CASE FOR VALUE ADDITION Fluctuating metal prices place producers at a disadvantage Employment creation
Diamond Cutting & Polishing 25
VALUE ADDITION DENTAL EQUIPMENT AUTO CATALYST JEWELLERY PLATINUM INVESTMENTS
VALUE ADDITION GOLD ELECTRONICS JEWELLERY INVESTMENT GOLD COINS
VALUE ADDITION COPPER COPPER CABLE
VALUE ADDITION NICKEL STAINLESS STEEL
VALUE ADDITION OFF-GAS FERTILIZER CHEMICALS
VALUE ADDITION: refining of by- products from conversion of coal to coke. Crude benzole to benzene, toluene & xylene. Crude tar to creosote, road tar and soft pitch
© Rowan Gibson HOW DO WE GET WHERE WE WANT TO GO??? BENEFICIATION & VALUE ADDITION
Finance and Technical Expertise for Entrepreneurs in Mining
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