Metals Processing
Capabilities
Consulmet designs, constructs, operates and maintains:
Gold, silver and copper plants
Iron ore benefication plants for haematite and magntite ores
Pre-concentrator plants for battery metals, base and precious metals
Flotation plants.
All of our plants are designed and fabricated in-house before being trial assembled prior to shipping.
Signature Metals Projects
Design and construction of a 85 tph spiral separator and flotation circuit
DMS Pre-Concentrators
Consulmet has designed, built, operated and maintained pre-concentrators for base and precious metals, including antimony, chromite and ferrochrome, copper, gold, lead, lithium, manganese, nickel, tin, tungsten and zinc. Our pre-concentrators incorporate our core technologies of Dense Media Separation (DMS) plants and spiral circuits.
All plants are offered on a turnkey, EPC, or BOOM/T basis.
Please click here for more information on our DMS capability and standard DMS modules.
Gold, Silver & Copper Plants
Consulmet can design and build a flowsheet to process alluvial, oxide and sulphide deposits. Our key technologies include:
Crushing and milling circuits
Gravity recovery circuits
Carbon-in-leach (CIL) and carbon-in-pulp (CIP) processes
CCD and flotation circuits
Elution and SX-EW circuits.
Iron Ore Beneficiation Plants
Consulmet has considerable expertise in the design and operation of beneficiation plants for hematite and magnetite ores in Australia and Africa. We can design and build a process flowsheet to ensure maximum upgrade of your iron ore.
Flotation Plants
Consulmet has designed and built flotation circuits for platinum (PGMs), magnetite, chromite, gold and copper plants.
Spiral Circuits
Consulmet has developed in-house standard designs for single and multi-stage spiral circuits (currently up to seven stages). We have designed and built spiral plants for iron ore, coal, copper, mineral sands, chromite and ferrochrome. Plants are available in various formats up to 500 tph.
Track Record
Major Projects
2023
Eagle Lithium, Nigeria - Design, construction and operation of a complete lithium spodumene concentrator (including a two-stage DMS plant).
2022
Gravmax, South Africa - LSTK 160 tph super-high dense medium separation (SHDMS) plant
Northern Cape, South Africa - LSTK 550 tph iron ore crushing and screening plant
2021
Ewoyaa Lithium, Ghana - Scoping Study for a 300 tph lithium crushing circuit and DMS plant
Kamfundwa Copper, DRC - Refurbishment of a 300 tph copper pre-concentrator (including crushing and screening, DMS module and spiral circuit for fines recovery) for Gécamines
Gamsberg, South Africa - Lead & zinc flotation plant expansion for Vedanta.
Lithium - FEED study for the LSTK design and construction of a 600 tph lithium spodumene pre-concentrator, including 400 tph two-stage (coarse & fines) DMS circuit and mica removal circuit.
2019
Munali, Zambia - Design and construction of a nickel pre-concentrator plant (including 100 tph DMS module and ancillaries) for Consolidated Nickel Mines and CE Mining.
2016-17
Hernic, South Africa - Design and construction of a 85 tph chromite and platinum (PGM) flotation plant for Jubilee Metals.
2015
Thaba Mine, South Africa - Design and construction of a 140 tph chromite beneficiation plant (including a seven-stage spiral circuit) for Cronimet.
ESIM Iron Ore, South Africa - Design and construction of a 2 Mtpa iron ore (magnetite) concentrate plant for ESIM.
2013
Comidé Copper Concentrator, DRC - Design and construction of 300 tph copper concentrator (elutriation and spiral plant) for ENRC.
Kamfundwa Copper, DRC - 300 tph copper pre-concentrator (including crushing and screening, DMS module and spiral circuit for fines recovery) for Gécamines.
2011
Frances Creek, Northern Territory - Design and construction of a 130 tph iron ore (haematite) beneficiation plant (including 50 tph DMS and 35 tph spiral modules) for Territory Iron.
Tweenfontein, South Africa - Design and construction of a 100 tph platinum (PGM) flotation circuit and chromite spiral plant for Sylvania Platinum.
2009
Dilokong, South Africa - Design and construction of a 100 tph chromite spiral plant for ASA Metals.
Other Metals Projects
2021
Turkey - Design and construction of a 50 tph antimony DMS pre-concentrator.
Turkey - Design and construction of a 30 tph lead and zinc DMS pre-concentrator.
2020
Theta Gold, South Africa - Pre-Feasibility Study for TGME UG Gold Project.
Australia - Due diligence on a tungsten project investment for a UK-based fund manager.
Russia - Audit of a 10 Mtpa iron ore wet plant for a confidential client.
2017-18
Roy Hill, Western Australia - Audit of iron ore plant designs for Laing O'Rourke.
2015-16
Marandoo Phase 2 and Hope Downs 4, Western Australia - Audit of iron ore wet plant designs for KBR.
2015
Northam Platinum, South Africa - Design and construction of platinum autoclave for Northam Platinum.
2014
Rustenburg Base Metal Refinery, South Africa - Nickel tank house de-bottlenecking project for Anglo Platinum.
Roper Bar, Northern Territory - 250 tph iron ore processing plant project (including lump and fines circuits) for Western Desert Resources.
Western Australia - Prefeasibility study for centralised carbon fines reprocessing plant for the Athamus Group.
Tuvatu Gold, Fiji - Feasibility study for 50 tph gold plant for Lion One Limited.
2013-14
Dugald River, NSW - Lead-zinc pre-concentrator study for MMG.
2013
Kalia Mine, Guinea - Bankable Feasibility study for 10 Mtpa iron ore beneficiation plant for Bellzone plc.
Watershed, Tungsten - Feasibility study for 1 Mtpa tungsten concentrator for Vital Metals.
Cononish Project, UK - Process plant feasibility study for new gold/silver plant.
Yamana Gold Project - Process plant capital and operating cost inputs for Gold Road Resources.
2012
Anglo Platinum, South Africa - Process engineering and commissioning services.
2011
Sepon Copper Mine, Laos - Design of copper cementation plant and supply of a high-rate thickener for LXML (MMG).
Tulkabash Gold, Kyrgyzstan - Definitive feasibility study for 3 to 4 ktpa process plant for Chaarat Gold.
2005
Matinje, Tanzania - Design and construction of a 15 tph alluvial gold plant for the National Development Corporation of Tanzania.