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CRC gets a taste of Chile

ith just 18 months left of its current system that can be accessed and worked
Wfunding term, the Cooperative Re- on simultaneously by a team of experts
search Centre for Optimising Resource collaborating from anywhere in the world.
Extraction (CRC ORE) is actively educat- IES is being used by a growing number
ing and cooperating with its participants in of operators worldwide to enhance the
the use of its unique solutions, including value of their operations, including CRC
the Integrated Extraction Simulator (IES). ORE participants in Chile.
IES is a cloud-based software plat- CRC ORE’s IES utilisation manager
form for the digital simulation of mineral Dr Eiman Amini was recently invited to IES represents the next generation of
processing operations in concentrators Chile by Teck and Anglo American plc mineral processing simulation
and other processing plants. It simulates to deliver an immersive learning experi-
equipment performance and metallurgi- ence for senior mining and metallurgy
cal response for all components in a min- staff. Attendees discovered firsthand the Trade and Investment Commission es-
eral processing value chain, starting with new capabilities and exclusive features of timating that in 2018 mining contributed
blasting and progressing through commi- IES to conduct several technology trans- more than 53% of Chile’s exports and
nution to flotation and leaching. fer workshops in the use of the signature 9% of GDP. The country is home to the
The cloud architecture underpinning CRC ORE technology. largest copper reserve on earth and pro-
IES enables mass simulations in a matter Chile is of course a mining powerhouse duces a third of the world’s copper.
of hours and positions it as an enterprise in South America, with the Australian

INDEX

Adriatic 80 Emerald 74-75 Lucapa 18, 66-67 Rio Tinto 4, 11, 13, 14, 18,
African Gold 60 Endeavour 69 53, 60, 67, 78-79, 80
Albemarle 28, 47 European Lithium 49 Macarthur 61 Roy Hill 79
Alcoa 80 European Metals 49 Magnetic 77 Royal Bafokeng 6
Aldoro 80 Exore 49 Mali Lithium 47
Alita 47 Matsa 61 Salt Lake 61
Alkane 58-59 Fenix 80 Medusa 74 Saracen 61
Altura 47 First Quantum 68 Metals X 80 Sayona 48
Anglo American 6, 67, 72-73 Force 46 Mincor 37, 76 Sherritt 80
Anglo Australian 80 Fortescue 11, 79, 80 Mineral Commodities 42 Sibanye 6
AngloGold 61, 69 FYI 63 Mineral Resources 47 Sirius Minerals 72-73
Anson 48 Mont Royal 61 Six Sigma 80
Ardea 58-59 Galan 46 Sky 80
Ardiden 48 Galaxy 46 Nanuk 67 Snow Flake 48
Argosy 46 Ganfeng 47 Neometals 29, 40-41, 47 SQM 47
Arrow 61, 80 Geopacific 74-75 Newmont 4, 11, 80 SolGold 60
Australian Potash 61 Gibb River 14-17 Northam 6 St Barbara 11, 74
Australian Vanadium 44-45 Glencore 36, 61, 68 Nova 48 Stavely 60
Avesoro 80 Godolphin 58-59 Nusantara 74-75 Stellar 80
Gold Fields 11, 55
B2Gold 69 Golden Mile 80 Oklo 77, 80 Talga 28, 30, 32
Barrick 4, 68-69 Orocobre 46 Tianqi 13
Bellevue 60 Heron 58, 80 Oz 8 Tietto 80
BHP 4, 11, 36, 53, 59, 73 Trigg 11, 61
Big River 70 IGO 36-37, 40 Panoramic 37
Iluka 8 Peel 77 Vale 4
Canterbury 60 Image 55 Pensana 80 Vango 80
Centamin 69 Impala 6 Petra 80 Variscan 80
Challenger 71 Infinity 49 Piedmont 48 Vedanta 68
Chevron 11 ioneer 48 Pilbara 29, 47
Consolidated Zinc 70 Predictive 80 Wesizwe 6
Copper Strike 80 Kalium Lakes 61 Prospect 46 Western Areas 36-37
Kasbah 80 PTM 6 Woodside 11
Dacian 80
Danakali 61, 79 Lake 46 Red 5 77
Legend 40-41 Regis 75
EcoGraf 78 Liontown 47 Resolute 60, 69, 80
EHR 67 Lithium Power 46

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