situated in Randburg on the northern outskirts of Johannesburg 3 is one of the largest and oldest mineral and metal technology institutes in the world 80 years old in 2014 is a stateowned Science Council governed by an Act of Parliament with a board appointed by the Minister o ID: 787760
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Overview
October
2013
Slide2Mintek
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situated in Randburg, on the northern outskirts of Johannesburg
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is one of the largest and oldest mineral and metal technology institutes in the world
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80 years old in 2014)is a state-owned Science Council, governed by an Act of Parliament, with a board appointed by the Minister of Mineral Resourcesfocuses on all aspects of minerals processing and beneficiation, with the exception of iron- and steel making and coal processing
has a permanent staff of about 750, including 250 engineers and scientists undertakes R&D and furnishes commercial testwork and consultancy services to clients worldwide Has an annual budget of about €50 million:50% funding from state sources, focused on research50% commercial income, derived from various services to industry
(Over 700 commercial projects last year)
Mintek ……
Slide4Mintek operates in the latter stages of the Mining Value Chain
Exploration
Mining
Concentration
Refining
Value Addition
Pyrometallurgy
Hydrometallurgy
& Biotechnology
MINTEK
CGS
CSIR
Slide5Mintek’s activities
Clients
State
Mining and metallurgical companies
Engineering companiesSMMEs
Gold & uranium
Platinum metals
Ferrous metals
Industrial minerals
Non-Ferrous
Outputs
Specialised Services
Products
Routine Services
IP / Know-How
Fields
Slide6International projects account for half Mintek’s revenue
Slide7Mintek’s extensive R&D underpins its commercial services
Mintek spends €25m annually on applied R&D (~50% of its budget) These R&D outputs are transferred to industry either in the form of commercial service work or, on occasion, technology licences
Mintek undertakes over 700 commercial projects annually, evidence of the high regard industry has for our technology
Slide8Mineral Processing Division
Competitive strengths – PGM processing, HPGR, ore sorting
Slide9Pyrometallurgy Division
Competitive strengths – DC smelting, laterite, ferroalloys, beach sands, magnesium
Slide10Hydrometallurgy Division
Competitive strengths – uranium, PGM and gold processing, IX, Resin in pulp
Slide11Biotechnology Division
Competitive strengths – Tank and heap bioleaching, biosynthesis of metal nano-particles and surfactants
Slide12Advanced Materials Division
Competitive strengths -
metal-based
value added products in the following areas:
Biomedical :
metal-based drugs for HIV, malaria & cancer (commercial
HIV-1 integrase assay kit developed)
Catalysis: precious metals (gold & platinum-group metals) based catalysts & pilot plants (AUROLite™ catalyst range)Nanotechnology: devices in health and water
Metallurgy: products and services
Slide13Often the site work is conducted in very difficult conditions!
Copper heap bioleach test facility in Iran
Slide14These test facilities are operated at industrial scale
Tapping of Mintek’s test DC furnace
Slide15Extensive re-configuration is required to demonstrate specific technologies
Mintek test facility for magnesium production
Slide16Mintek sometimes supplies technology on a turnkey basis
Turnkey gold refinery using Mintek Minotaur® technology
Slide1779-year track record of technology transfer
Historically ….Uranium recovery in the 1940’sPebble- and run-of-mine milling in the 1950’sCarbon-in-pulp in the 1970’sMore recent developments .... DC smelting for Koniambo FeNi , and SA beach sands
METRIX® resin-in-pulp for uranium recoveryConRoast® smelting technology for high-Cr platinumCyanoprobe® on-line cyanide monitoring equipment
Minstral® furnace electrode and FloatStar® flotation controlHeap leaching design data for a very large Chilean copper projectMilling/flotation process for UG2 platinum ores
Slide18Thank you
www.mintek.co.za
peterc@mintek.co.za