Fluor Has More Than 60 Years of Mining Process Expertise.

Through their collective knowledge, experience and track record in studies and project execution excellence, Fluor's Mining team assists in the long-term productivity and profitability of our clients' mining assets. Fluor's technical and process mining experts are recognized as industry leaders in critical areas such as:

Comminution

  • Crushing and grinding circuits, including autogenous grinding (AG), semi-autogenous grinding (SAG), ball mills, and high-pressure grinding rollers (HPGRs)
  • Regrind and fine grinding applications

Electrometallurgy

  • Electrorefining
  • Electrowinning

Material Handling and Minerals Processing

  • Filtration
  • Flotation
  • Gravity concentration
  • Ore sorting
  • Slurry pumping (concentrate and tailings)
  • Tailing filtration and dry stacking
  • Thickening

Bulk Material Handling Design and Supply

  • Plant conveyors & systems
  • In-pit crushing & conveying
  • Overland conveyors
  • Underground conveyors & systems
  • Crushing & screening plants
  • Storage & reclaim
  • Ports & terminals
  • Design and supply equipment through Virta, Fluor's material handling subsidiary

Hydrometallurgy

  • Bacterial oxidation
  • Ion exchange
  • Leaching and heap leaching
  • Pressure oxidation
  • Solvent extraction

Pyrometallurgy

  • Calcining
  • Refining
  • Roasting
  • Smelting

Learn more about Fluor's Mining process experience around the world.

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