Modern Mining October 2022

ELECTRA MINING REVIEW

TOMRA product at the Lesotho Diamond Mine.

The Lesotho Legend was recovered from the Gem Diamond’s mine in Lesotho.

range in the event that projects or project objectives change,” explains De Jager. Coupled with the benefits of cloud computing (Tomra Insight), the COM XRT 300 /FR is the last piece within TOMRA’s recovery process to produce an ultra-high diamond by weight concentrate with an exceptionally low yield. The product significantly reduces hand sorting – this translates to less human error, simplified security requirements and lower security risks. In essence, the COM XRT 300 /FR final recovery sorter offers higher efficiency, better grade, simplified security requirements, fewer sorting stages and a smaller footprint. High market demand for the COM XRT 300 /FR sorter Backed by these benefits, the COM XRT 300 /FR was sold even before it was launched last year, with the first three diamond sort ers procured by customers who had achieved success with previous TOMRA sorters. “Gem Diamonds was so impressed with TOMRA’s XRT technology that it purchased one of the first three sorters before it was showcased to the market. As a result, the Letšeng mine became home to the first unit installed in the world,” says De Jager. She explains that given new products need time to permeate into the industry to become the norm, there is still significant potential for the industry to adopt TOMRA’s revolutionary product. 

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