Following up on the last blog post talking about the purpose of agglomeration drums, I thought it would be a good opportunity to share a couple videos of agglomeration drums in operation. I have two videos this time, one showing crushed ore being fed to two Sepro 3x8m agglomeration drums in Mexico and the other showing material being agglomerated inside the drum. If a picture is worth a thousand words then a video should be worth somewhat more than that so I can feel okay keeping this post brief. . . 

As always, feel free to contact Sepro directly with any questions or comments!

I often get questions about the purpose of agglomeration in heap leaching operations so I thought this blog post would be a good opportunity to give a brief overview of the agglomeration process as well as talk about when it is and isn't necessary. When an ore is crushed, often a lot of fine particles are created. These particles can prevent leaching solution from moving evenly through a heap and this can dramatically decrease recovery. Agglomeration solves this problem by sticking the fine particles either to each other or to larger particles in the ore so that the leach solution can flow evenly through the ore for maximum recovery. Continue reading for a more detailed explanation . . . 

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Sepro now welcomes the Russian language to our website!

Sepro has a long history of doing business with Russia and other CIS countries so we are very happy to have finished our Russian language translation of the Sepro website. We hope that this will help all of our Russian friends and business partners better understand our technology and the products and services that we are able to offer. We look forward to continuing our strong presence in Russia and other CIS countries. I have personally spent time in both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and I can never say enough positive things about the people and the culture.

Our partner in Russia and other CIS countries is PRO Eurasia based out of Moscow. You can find their contact information under the "Global Representative" section of our website; they are really fantastic people and will be able to help you with all your mineral processing needs.

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Sepro Holiday Festivities!

The Sepro team have been putting in extra hours to add some holiday cheer at our main headquarters in Langley, British Columbia.  A Falcon Concentrator sleigh and reindeer have shown up in our warehouse, and our offices have been decorated with tinsel and lights. There is even a tree adorned with warehouse parts! The engineers have been working hard too, constructing snowmen and a choochoo train to celebrate the season. As you can see we’ve been getting in the holiday spirit and having some fun!

From our fabulous team to yours, we wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a Prosperous New Year in 2012!

Sacre-Coeur Minerals issued a press release recently talking about gold production increases at their properties in  North-central Guyana. More specifically, they are now using a Falcon Concentrator in their refinery which, along with other process equipment, allows them to efficiently produce relatively high purity dore bullion ingots without the use of mercury. 

"New equipment in the refinery, which processes mine concentrates, includes a Falcon centrifugal concentrator and attendant screens and materials handling equipment, final gravity cleaning equipment and an electronically controlled smelting furnace. The new equipment, which has ample capacity to process all mine concentrate produced, enables the Company to efficiently produce relatively high purity dore bullion ingots without the use of mercury. Use of secondary and tertiary gravity concentration to “clean” the mine concentrate has shown that slightly more than 50% of the recovered gold particles are smaller than 100 mesh (150 microns), with more than half of this fraction consisting of particles smaller than 100 microns." - Sacre-Coeur Minerals, October 2011

In this blog post we are featuring the Sepro Mineral Systems Lime Slaking Ball Mill. Lime slaking ball mills turn quick lime into hydrated lime for pH regulation in industrial processes. This particular lime slaker is a 1.2x2.4m ball mill that is in operation at a copper-gold mine is British Columbia, Canada.

Please contact Sepro for more information on lime slaking or ball mills.

We would like to thank everyone who came by and visited the Sepro Mineral Systems / iCON Gold Recovery booth at Perumin in Arequipa from September 12-16. The show was extremely well attended with over 33 thousand people making their way into the Peruvian Andes for the show and conference.

Sepro Delivers first Stainless Steel SB 250 Concentrator to Southern Africa 2011.

Sepro Mineral Systems Corp is proud to announce the delivery of our first 316 Stainless Steel fabricated SB250 Gravity Concentrator.

This concentrator was manufactured with a 316 Stainless Steel Heavies Launder, Lights Launder, Lid & Baffle Plate. 

This particular installation is processing a highly acidic slurry which required extraordinary measures to protect components within the process stream.

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Sepro Services Corp. has continued equipment optimization trials at Stikine's frac sand pilot plant operation.

MEDELLIN, Colombia, May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Orofino Gold Corp. (OTCQB : ORFG) announces that it has requested Sepro Systems Corp. to assist in the design criteria to improve environmental sensitivity and maximize yield production and recoveries as it begins development at its Culo Alzado mine site in Sur de Bolivar, Colombia.