FROM ORE TO OPPORTUNITY

AUSTRALIAN MINING SAT DOWN WITH METSO'S DAVID TULLOCH, DUNCAN WYATT AND GUILLAUME LAMBERT TO DISCUSS THE COMPANY'S INNOVATIONS AND THE BUZZ AROUND CRITICAL MINERALS.

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If there was ever a time for a major global resources deal to be announced, the first day of the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) would be high on the list.

So when the US-Australia critical minerals deal first started making headlines on the morning of October 21, it was all but impossible to escape talk of the new agreement during the event.

While first reports focused on the initial tranche of projects earmarked for development funding, others across the industry could see the flow-on benefits, especially for companies with an established presence as key suppliers and partners in critical minerals processing and production.

And Metso certainly falls into that category.

From precious metals to industrial minerals, Metso offers advanced and comprehensive solutions tailored to efficiently processing a wide range of commodities, including copper, which was a very hot topic of conversation at IMARC.

Metso director of minerals Asia-Pacific David Tulloch was part of several panels at IMARC, as well as a session presenter of 'The Copper (Concentrate) Conundrum', making him well placed to provide insights not only on the much-vaunted deal but also on how companies like Metso are positioned to support critical minerals processing and production.

“Metso has a long history in developing technologies for copper production, both in mineral processing - taking it from ore through to concentrate - and, beyond that, upgrading the concentrate to refined metal,” Tulloch told Australian Mining.

“In Australia, for example, the fully integrated ore to metal facility at BHP’s Olympic Dam has a pretty extensive installed base of Metso equipment.”