OUR FIRM
Ausmetec is a proud Australian owned company who developed, manufactures and researches the unique ProFlote™ (US Patent 7429331) technology at its Sydney facility.
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ProFlote™ is a proven magnetic conditioning technology that selectively aggregates paramagnetic minerals. Magnetic aggregation of minerals such as chalcopyrite has been shown to selectively increase plant metal recoveries by > 1%.
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OUR OPERATIONS AND CURRENT PROJECTS
Over the last two decades, Ausmetec is proud to deliver a quality and durable technology to enhance base metal production at processing plants all over the world.
Ausmetec has continued to expand its global presence in the base metal industry. The company is diversified and has installations and exposure on all continents.
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OUR PUBLICATIONS
Co-authored with plant metallurgists from mine sites around the world, Ausmetec has published several technical papers to document the improved metal recovery and grade benefits with ProFlote™.
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Installations of the ProFlote™ are carried out in a way that allows statistical methods to determine the true extent of the technology's benefit on plant recovery over the trial period.
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Click the button below to read some of the publications that have been presented at renowned conferences.
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OUR NEWS AND EVENTS IN 2023
Current Testing
As of October 2023, ProFlote is currently being tested at Cerro Verde 1 Concentrator, Atalaya Mine, Grasberg and Nunavik.
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ProFlote is about to be installed and tested at Escondida and El Teniente.
R & D
Ausmetec teams up with FESTO to provide a more sophisticated and robust valve terminal to new and existing clients.
Technical Success
Ausmetec trialed additional ProFlote units at South 32 Cannington Mine in the Pb Rougher Circuit.
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Results measured a significant increase in Pb and Zn Rec to respective concentrates.
Technical Success
Successful trial of ProFlote at Kaz Minerals Bozshakol Mine.
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Kaz Minerals to present the results in November 2023 at Cape Town, South Africa.
Paper Submission
Hudbay's Constancia site to present results of ProFlote in Cu Rougher and Cu Cleaner Circuit in Perumin 2023.
