Comments on: Brazil’s deadly dam collapse pushes miners to set global rules for tailings /brazils-deadly-dam-collapse-pushes-miners-set-global-rules-tailings/ No 1 source of global mining news and opinion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Martin Vieira /brazils-deadly-dam-collapse-pushes-miners-set-global-rules-tailings/#comment-8543 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:03:08 +0000 /?p=973645#comment-8543 One of Brazil’s major Iron ore producers located just 30 km outside of Belo Horizonte, took it upon themselves with the help of MATEC Srl (www.matecitalia.com) to pave the way to a risk-free tailings solution. Setting a clear example of a safer future for tailings management.

The High-Pressure Technology (HPT21) supplied by MATEC Srl made it possible to achieve dry stackable tailings with a record low residual moisture and a throughput of 1.3 Mt per annum of iron ore tailings.

The reduction of the environmental footprint of the operation together with eliminating the risk of a tailings dam failure are only a few of the added values of MATEC Srl technology. With an average of 20 years life of mine, the OPEX savings is as high as 60% when considering the cost involved in operating, maintaining and upgrading the tailings storage facility.

As laws on tailings dam operation only become stricter and the demand for alternative solutions more prominent, MATEC leads the way in solid-liquid separation of tailings, concentrate and mining process water recovery in all commodities. It is for this reason that MATEC is the trusted number one supplier of dewatering technologies, such as Thickeners, Flocculant make-up plants, and filter presses.

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