Modern Mining August 2022

ELECTRA MINING PREVIEW

Multotec technology helps clients realise ESG goals Metallurgy and process engineering company Multotec, which has exhibited at every Electra Mining Africa exhibition since the show was launched in the 1970s, will have its in-house ex perts on hand to brief visitors on its comprehensive line-up of minerals processing equipment.

Rikus Immink, CEO SA Operations, Multotec.

“ G iven that Electra Mining 2020 was can celled due to Covid, we see this year’s show as an excellent opportunity to recon nect with our customer base,” says Rikus Immink, who is Multotec’s CEO – South African Operations. “The overall theme will be how our

Other Multotec products that contribute to energy and water saving include the company’s classifica tion cyclones, which provide efficient solutions for desliming and dewatering; its ultra-fines spirals, which offer a non-chemical process for fines recov ery and allow easy water recovery; its centrifuges and filter presses, which deliver effective solid liq uid separation and dewatering solutions; and its screening media, whose many benefits include the recovery of non-chemical water. Immink notes that Mato belt cleaners, which will also feature on the Multotec stand, prevent spillage and reduce clean-up requirements. “This is not a product that gets much attention and yet it can play an absolutely crucial role in cutting wastage and in maintaining a clean environment,” he states. The energy savings made possible by Multotec’s products and systems help to reduce the carbon footprints of mine sites. “At Multotec we take car bon footprint reduction very seriously and strive to achieve this both in our own operations and, through our equipment, at our customers’ operations,” says Immink. “Multotec equipment that can play a significant role in this respect are our coal spirals, which pro duce cleaner coal with less energy consumption, our DMS cyclones, which also deliver cleaner coal, and our mill lining solutions, which optimise mill efficien cies, thereby reducing power demand.” The Multotec products that will be showcased at Electra Mining Africa 2022 are manufactured in South Africa, primarily at Multotec’s extensive facili ties in Spartan, Johannesburg. 

equipment and systems can assist cus tomers in realising their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals. We will also be emphasising our strong com mitment to South Africa. We are a global group now but we started in South Africa and the country still accounts for about half our revenues.” Virtually all Multotec’s products can, to a greater or lesser extent, reduce con sumption of resources such as water and energy and allow for more efficient opera tions. A prime example is provided by the pulping chute, a highly innovative concept in fines scrubbing which was first installed at Ekapa Minerals’ Combined Treatment Plant (CTP) in Kimberley in late 2019. More recently it has been successfully trialled at a diamond mine in Botswana. “The pulping chute performs the scrub bing action faster and more efficiently than a traditional rotary scrubber,” says Immink “It can use recycled water, which is a major benefit, and it also lowers energy

Multotec’s overall theme will focus on how its equipment and systems can assist customers in realising their ESG goals.

costs. Moreover, it involves less capital outlay. We are very proud of this innovation and it will feature strongly on our Electra Mining stand.”

Multotec products that will be showcased at Electra Mining Africa are manufactured in South Africa, with the level of local content averaging 60%.

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