Raglan Mine

Raglan Mine

Remediation Processes for Acid Mine Drainage

Published in Geoffrey S. Simate, Sehliselo Ndlovu, Acid Mine Drainage, 2021

Another example is the Raglan Mine, an active nickel mine in Northern Quebec, which is owned and operated by Xstrata Nickel and was commissioned in 2004 with the first full year of operation in 2005 (Jones et al., 2006). The water treatment plant at Raglan employs the ChemSulphide process to selectively recover nickel from low-grade contaminated mine water. The treated water quality produced in the plant can be released directly into the local environment whilst the nickel sulphide precipitate is dewatered and shipped periodically to the Raglan concentrator where it is added to the flotation concentrate for shipment to the smelters (Lawrence and Fleming, 2007). Another mining operation that applies the ChemSulphide process is Jiangxi Copper in China. The company utilises this technology for a water treatment plant at its Dexing site in southeast China. Through this technology, the company is able to remove copper from mine wastewater to produce a high-grade marketable copper product, along with water that is clean enough to be safely discharged to the environment or recycled into the mining process.

Decarbonization of remote mine electricity supply and vehicle fleets

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Published in CIM Journal, 2021

J. E. Zuliani, J. Guilbaud, M. Carreau

The Glencore Raglan Mine is located in Nunavik, Quebec, along Hudson Bay in the arctic. The mine is not connected to a grid and historically was powered by onsite diesel generation, which represented 18–23% of the annual operating costs. In 2009, Raglan Mine initiated a process to explore opportunities to reduce energy-related costs and reduce emissions associated with energy generation.

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