A NEW ERA FOR FLOTATION

FOR DECADES, FLOTATION HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF MINERAL PROCESSING - AN ADAPTABLE AND EFFICIENT METHOD WHOSE IMPORTANCE IS ONLY EXPECTED TO GROW.

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As ore grades decline and environmental expectations rise, miners are under increasing pressure to recover more metal using less energy, less water, and less space.

Eriez, a global leader in separation technologies, has been at the forefront of this transformation.

With more than 80 years of expertise in magnetic, flotation, and material-handling systems, the company has built a reputation for helping customers achieve the delicate balance between metallurgical performance and environmental responsibility.

The company's latest breakthrough – the StackCell flotation system – represents a decisive step in that direction. Designed to recover fine and ultrafine particles while reducing energy consumption and plant footprint, StackCell has rapidly emerged as one of the mining industry's most versatile and sustainable flotation solutions.

According to Eriez senior global product manager Homie Thanasekaran, the technology was born directly from customer feedback.

“At elevations approaching 4000m – as seen across many South American mine sites, or in remote operations across Western Australia's red-sand deserts – building and installing larger flotation tanks is a constant challenge,” Thanasekaran said.

“What customers really wanted was a compact, energy-efficient system capable of achieving top-tier metallurgical performance, especially in the recovery of fine particles, rather than simply adding more and bigger flotation cells. With many of these remote sites constrained by limited access to energy and water, efficiency had to be engineered into every aspect of the design.”