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Tailings Management Solutions

Tailings Solutions

Putting last in first place

By prioritizing tailings as the cornerstone of industry's ESG goals, we proactively shape the responsible mines of the future, ensuring that the choices made today have a positive effect on tomorrow, where the end of mine life is the beginning of something new.

Unique know-how and leading process tools to help you reach your sustainability targets

Sustainable and water efficient solutions

Treated and recirculated process water results in lower fresh or raw water intake

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Versatile tailings offering

Metso tailings solutions includes solutions for conventional, thickened, high density, paste and filtered tailings as well as hybrid solutions

Early involvement

Metso offers technical and feasibility studies, test work on-site or the Metso laboratory as well as flowsheet development

Proven & leading expertise
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Global megatrends in mining
Global megatrends in mining

The rising demand for sustainably mined materials is pushing the need for more advanced technologies.

Stricter environmental regulations are shifting the focus toward tailings management and water resource efficiency.

Modern mineral processing methods are required to improve the predictability and continuity of operations.

Comprehensive solutions for tailings processing and repurposing

Metso offers holistic solutions for tailings processing, while reducing water use, environmental impact, risks, and costs. 

We can support your mine's lifecycle from the beginning with studies, test work and flowsheet development. We have a comprehensive tailings offering including conventional, thickened, high density, paste and filtered tailings processing as well as hybrid solutions.

Comprehensive solutions for tailings processing and repurposing
Sustainable and water efficient tailings solutions to help our planet
Sustainable and water efficient tailings solutions to help our planet

The future of mining depends on sustainable practices that contribute to the equitable development of the community and ecosystem while enabling modern life.

With the introduction of new-age dewatering technology, we are committed to offering productive and eco-efficient solutions to our customers.

We help mining companies not only to maximize water recovery but also help reduce the footprint of tailings dams.

  • Up to 90% water recovery with high-performance filters
  • Up to 85% reduced plant footprint with compact and efficient design of  Inclined Plate Settler (IPS)
  • Improved filtration efficiency into fine and coarse streams with MHC™ Series Hydrocyclone
  • Reduced reagents using thickeners with Reactorwell™ technology

Plant solutions

Dry tailings plant

Dry Tailings Plant is a fully integrated design that comprises thickening, filtration, and dry material handling for tailings dry ...
Thickening Plant Units

Metso Thickening Plant Units scalable and modular components deliver unmatched circuit performance and reliability for any targeted ...

Filtration

Larox® FFP3716 filter

Trusted solution with high volume processing and improved design.
Larox® FFP filters

The Larox® FFP membrane filter press is a one-stroke, fast-opening filter press available with filtration areas from 100 to 1300 m2.
VPA filter​

Developed for filtration of metallic minerals, industrial minerals, coal and tailings
CC filter

The unique design of the CC filter uses a disc of microporous ceramic sectors instead of conventional filter cloths.
FPS filter

FPS filter provides efficient solid-liquid separation across various standard applications.
Filter optimizer

Our filter optimizers bring improved filter performance and optimized energy consumption.

Thickening and clarifying

Paste thickener

Paste Thickener provides ease of operation and reliability even in the most challenging applications.
Metso Inclined plate settler

Improved thickening and clarifying performance with reduced plant footprint.
High Rate Thickener

High Rate Thickeners are the result of continuous development and innovations, enabling guaranteed process performance and reliability.
High Compression Thickener

HCT is based on proven successful innovations developed over decades, guaranteeing high performance even under variable process conditions.
Reactorwell™

A first-class feed system, that maximizes thickener performance while minimizing flocculant consumption with significant cost efficiencies.
Thickener optimizer

Improve thickening performance by controlling the key variables of a thickener.

Material handling

Conveying

Metso Foresight™ and FIT™ conveyors take project ease, speed and productivity to the next level.

Seamless integration from investment to full life cycle

A four phased service approach

Our service approach offers you the support you need through each stage of your plant's entire life cycle.
1. Solution planning

1. Solution planning phase

Verifying that all your equipment meets or exceeds the operational requirements of your solution

Our comprehensive portfolio provides global competencies and skills throughout the entire life cycle of the plant. 

We provide integrated programs that include KPIs or cost-per-ton-related commitments to help our customers improve their profitability and lower their operating costs and risks.

We have strong R&D and innovation power and are continuously looking for new ways to introduce innovations for our customers’ benefit.

2. Operational planning

2. Operational planning phase

Looking ahead and arranging the activities and resources required to achieve the agreed goals

We offer training, spare parts, pre-operational equipment testing, planning, maintenance strategy, shutdown planning, and asset maintenance readiness programs to equip our customers with the tools and competencies to run their plant or opt for us to run the plant with our customizable LCS packages.

Achieve a smooth production start-up and quicker ramp-up with our installation and commissioning experts who will help to ensure your equipment performs according to agreed targets.

Our professionals have extensive experience in tailings skills capabilities, materials handling, dry-based plant, paste backfill, water testing, advisory, sizing, filter feed variations as well as variations in the environment, plant and equipment to optimize minerals processing practices.

3. Operational phase

3. Operational phase

Continuous improvement with lower costs and risks while reaching expectations

We have a global team of industry professionals who provide expert advisory, laboratory services, technology and connected services to the mining industry worldwide. 

We address challenges based on customers’ plant data such as improving recoveries, de-bottlenecking processes, increasing availability, reducing energy consumption, chemical costs and water use by optimizing the overall process. 

Our practical experience, onsite skills and in-depth data analysis with modeling capabilities create an overall picture to help you get the most out of your entire operation.

4. Modernize & extend life

4. Modernize & extend life phase

Cost-effective, innovative, sustainable solutions to the very end

Modernizing or upgrading equipment is a cost-effective and sustainable manner to update aging equipment to the latest more efficient technology and increase capacity to continue production adding to the life of your plant and profitability.

Refurbishments can restore and optimize your equipment to its original condition to continue production.

Other ways to increase the lifetime of your plant is by making use of mobile filters, reserve filters, and modular container systems which can be charged at a monthly fee to suit your timeline.

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