SEPARATION SOLUTIONS

MINERAL PROCESSING

Division Newsletter Issue 1, 2002

Editor- Misty Trull

IN THIS ISSUE
* LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
* ERIK SPILLER JOINS THE DIVISION
* RECENT ACQUISITIONS
* IOC UPGRADE
* SPIRALS FOR UKRAINE
* THE MAGNETIC MARKET
* TAKING THE HGMS INITIATIVE
* GRAVITY IN AUSTRALIA
* RECRUITED FOR RECYCLING

FROM THE PRESIDENT

NEW STAFF GRAVITATES TO OK-PSD

This being the first newsletter of the

recently formed Outokumpu Technology
Inc. Physical Separation Division (OKPSD), stands to inaugurate the
transformation of the past year.

OK-PSDs gravity product manager will

focus on new gravity separation products
while improving the existing products and
systems.

A few weeks ago we moved into our new

premises. We now enjoy having all of our
Jacksonville staff under one roof with a lot
of space to grow.
Superconducting
magnetics service offices remain in London
and in Brazil. We have a few staff members
in the Denver, Colorado, area, and our own
sales representatives in India, China and
Kazakhstan.
There was some
rationalization of the sales representation
through Outokumpu sales offices and the
20 plus agents around the world.
The Carpco and Inprosys names will not
disappear, but have been kept as product
trade names. In our business there is a
necessity for constant growth and
evaluation; operation-efficiency
enhancements have already begun. We
have initiated several new technical
developments, and the marketing team is
hard at work to introduce them to the
markets. New and improved products are
available and there will be at least two
more in 2002. A training seminar for
agents and representatives was held in
September in Jacksonville. A new general
brochure is published (please contact us
for a copy), our web sites are being updated
and consolidated and new product
brochures are next on the agenda. Our staff
is highly motivated and we look forward to
a banner year in 2002.
Our objective is to be the preferred global
mineral industry source for physical
separation equipment and integrated
process systems. Additionally, we intend
to remain the best supplier of electrostatic
separation equipment in some specialized
recycling areas.
Your cooperation is
sincerely anticipated and gratefully
acknowledged.
Truly Yours,

Bo Arvidson
President

Erik Spiller joins our team after a long

career in mineral processing, most recently
with a major North American engineering
company (The Washington Group,
formerly Raytheon Engineers). Previously
Erik held senior positions in Newmont,
Hazen Research and the Colorado School
of Mines Research Institute.
In 2002 you will see an improved
washwater spiral, an enhanced recovery
mineral sands spiral, and further
developments with density separation.
Erik is also Vice President Operations and
brings his leadership skills to OK-PSDs
executive management team.

WHAT DO SYNTHETIC RUTILE AND

GRINDING HAVE IN COMMON?
Along with Inprosys, Outokumpu
Technology acquired Lurgi Metallurgie
and Nordberg in 2001.
Lurgi brings metallurgical expertise
including Synthetic Rutile Technology to
the folds of the Outokumpu Umbrella,
while world class grinding mills and LIMS
(Low Intensity Magnetic Separation)
equipment come from Norberg.
With these new additions, Outokumpu
Technology advances further ahead of the
competition. Each of the Outokumpu
Technology Inc.s Divisions comes
together to create a scope of supply
unmatched by any other company in the
industry. Grinding, gravity, magnetic and
electrostatic separation techniques, to
flotation, thickeners, filters and automation
equipment are all available through
Outokumpu, enabling us to offer complete
separation solutions.

NEW GRAVITY CIRCUIT FOR IOC

The Physical Separation Division secured a contract to
further advance Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) in
their mineral processing.
At the time of the acquisition of IOC by North Mining of
Australia in 1999, the Physical Separation Division (OKPSD) was commissioned to conduct a metallurgical
audit of the gravity circuit. Although many of the
original cast iron Humphreys spirals had been replaced
earlier with new wash water spirals, few other
fundamental changes had been made. One of OK-PSDs
basic recommendations was that IOC consider the
Floatex Density Separator and its potential to classify
the gravity circuit feed. (This had been very successfully
employed at LKAB in Sweden a few years earlier.)
Interest by IOCs concentrator metallurgist, Martin
Nevens, lead to a test model 460 Floatex installation at
their pilot plant. The machine, which can treat about
4t/h iron ore fines, created coarse and fine particle
products. The resulting coarse ore could then be readily
upgraded using the existing washwater spirals, but
Nevens was anxious for even further improvement.

By the summer of 2001, the first of three concentrator

lines was installed. Once fully equipped, the plant will
treat up to 6000 t/h of iron ore fines, upgrading final
concentrates to at least 67% Fe.

UKRAINE TO PRODUCE EVEN MORE ILMENITE

We heard of other suppliers spirals delaminating and
bubbling up, comments Irshansk Engineer.
To mineral sands producer Irshansk GOK in Ukraine,
high wear resistant equipment is critical. Irshansk
ilmenite is very coarse and angular.
This, in
combination with an ambient temperature range of
minus 20 to plus 30C, creates a challenge to
equipment.
In 1996, Irshansk decided to upgrade their concentrate
and mineral separation plant to produce ilmenite
specifically for the export market.
OK-PSD was
recruited to supply a number of spirals, Floatex density
separators, induced-roll magnets, and high-tension
electrostatic machines to achieve the necessary
ilmenite grade and recovery.

Trials of OK-PSDs new Carpco washwaterless spirals,

both in Florida and in IOCs pilot plant, showed great
promise for treating the fine ore from the Floatex. The
positive locking feature on the new model HC8000
spiral splitter allowed for retained positioning during
cleaning. Use of the new model could lead to great
savings in water consumption in the order of 4000 m3/h
as well as make operation simpler.
In April of 2000, OK-PSD was awarded a contract for
the supply of HC8000 spirals, and a number of Floatex
Density Separators (also added to their magnetite
regrinding process) for the new IOC gravity circuit.
The improved IOC process, a radical departure from old
practice, eliminated the need for hydrocyclones to
densify spiral feed. This elimination, in turn, reduced
pumping requirements (pumps and power) further
simplifying plant operation.

The overwhelming success of the OK-PSD upgrade

created another need for Irshansk GOK; they required
even more product to meet customer demands. Late in
2001, OK-PSD was awarded a contract to supply 280
MC-7000, HC-8000, and LC-3700 spirals to expand the
Ukraine plant. The first half will be sent at the end of
February 2002, with the rest to follow in April. After the
commissioning in mid 2002, Irshansk GOK will be able
to produce over 250,000 t/a of sulphate and chloride
route ilmenite.
We chose Carpco spirals because of their superior
performance. They have been a reliable performer
under very harsh conditions. We heard of other
suppliers spirals delaminating and bubbling up. This
has never happened with Carpco spirals, praises
Irshansk Engineer, Vladimir Bereza.

MAGNETIC PULL ON THE MARKET

OK-PSD offers the mineral industry the most
comprehensive line of Magnetic Separators.
With the addition of both Norberg and Inprosys, OKPSD has a complete line of magnetic separators that
includes units with the most advanced and versatile rareearth magnet technology.
OK-PSD can supply
equipment with magnetic field strengths that range from
1,000 gauss, (i.e. LIMS), to the worlds most powerful
super-conducting separators with a magnetic field of
over 50,000 gauss.

Inprosys Rare-Earth Magnetic Separator

this state-of-the-art separation technology to improve

product quality at low cost in almost every major kaolin
producing territory in the world.

Inprosys is known for advancing the use of permanent

rare-earth magnets to the separation of minerals.
Nearly a thousand Inprosys rare-earth magnetic
separator units have been supplied to the mineral
industry worldwide. Rare-earth roll and rare-earth
drum magnetic separators are available in a variety of
different designs
and with magnetic
field strengths
ranging from
10,000 to over
20,000 gauss.
The separators
final design is most
often determined
by integrating our clients specific separation
requirements with the results of test work conducted in
OK-PSDs laboratory. This collaboration insures that the
performance of the delivered separator is of the greatest
efficiency and value.
Scanmec LIMS
Scanmec Low Intensity Wet Magnetic Separators
represent over 50 years of successful operating and
engineering experience.
Separator units with
magnetic field strengths
ranging between 800 and
1,500 gauss and of
various tank designs, can
meet a full spectrum of
t h r o u g h p u t
requirements.
Carpco Super-Conducting Separators
The Carpco Super-Conducting Cryofilter Model
separators are the most powerful available to the
minerals industry. These separators are routinely used
in kaolin operations for the removal of the most weakly
magnetic particles. To date our industrial installations
have close to 100 magnet operation years.
The reliable Cryofilter is easy and inexpensive to
operate. These factors have resulted in the routine use of

LEADING THE SUPPLY AND MANUFACTURE OF

INDUSTRIAL HGMS
A High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) based
reciprocating HGMS system has just been completed
and detailed trials will soon be conducted.
The world of High-Gradient Magnetic Separation
(HGMS) is small, and system
suppliers need to be closely
aligned to cryogenic
engineering technologies to
take the best possible
advantage of future
technologies. Research and
development in this area is
not an easy undertaking due
to development costs and
the many technology options to be explored.
OK-PSD, in partnership with experts in superconductivity and kaolin processing, has taken on the
HGMS challenge. The first phase of development was a
success.
With the completion of the HTS pilot size HGMS, OKPSD is now entering into the next phase of research and
development. An industrial scale conduction cooled
HGMS magnet system project
is underway.
Being able to offer either
energy-efficient Cryofilter
reciprocating systems or large
volume switched mode systems
gives OK-PSD a unique
perspective on the technologies
for the future and these
developments are paving the
way for new HGMS systems.

OUTOKUMPU TECHNOLOGY INC - Physical Separation Division

6100 Phillips Highway, Jacksonville, Florida 32216 USA
Tel. + 1 (904) 353-3681 Fax +1 (904) 353-8705
www.outokumpu.com/mintec/physicalseparation.htm

OUTOKUMPU DELIVERS TO
SUNSTATE SANDS PROJECT IN
BUNDABERG, QUEENSLAND,
AUSTRALIA
Outokumpu Technologys Australian
Sales office, commissioned the largest
Floatex Density Separator sold in
Australia to date.

PLASTICS FROM ELECTRONICS

Outokumpu Technology was awarded a
contract with its partner RRT Design and
Engineering to build a plastics recycling
system for Concurrent Technologies
Corporation (CTC) of Largo Florida.

Outokumpu modeled the Sunstate

application using the Floatex in-house
modeling program. The program ensures
technical specifications are met with an
accurate estimate of process flows and key
parameters, as well as appropriate Floatex
model selection for the numerous ore types
and feed tonnages to be processed. This
program, along with the mechanical and
electrical integrity of the unit was pivotal to
the smooth commissioning.

Australia
Outokumpu Technology Inc. Ltd.
Tel. (61) 8 9211 2200
Fax (61) 8 9211 2201
Brazil
Outokumpu Processos
Engenharia & Comercio Ltda.
Tel. (55) 31 3282 1112
Fax (55) 31 3282 9875
Canada
Outokumpu Technology
Tel. (1) 905 335 0952
Fax (1) 905 335 4775
Chile
Outokumpu Tcnica Chile Ltda.
Tel. (56) 2 379 4700
Fax (56) 2 223 4989

The Floatex unit, installed at Sunstate

Sands in Queensland, is used for the
classification of silica sands.
During
routine operation the separator will be
required to produce a wide range of
products many of which must meet very
tight particle size specifications.
Within a day of feed material being
available, the model LPF-2440 (8 x 8) unit
was commissioned and immediately able
to produce the required silica sands.

Outokumpu Worldwide

China
Outokumpu Beijing
Representative Office
Tel. (86) 10 6506 5951
Fax (86) 10 6500 6512

The Demanufacturing of Electronic

Equipment for Reuse and Recycling
(DEER2) was developed by the DOD's
National Defense Center for Environmental
Excellence (NDCEE) to investigate, test and
deploy technology upgrades in the public
and private sectors.
A new contract, operated by CTC, was
initiated for the development, application
and dissemination of advanced
environmental technologies.
In 1999, OK-PSD was called upon to
perform test work and develop a
flowsheet for the recycling of electronic
scrap from the defense department and
turn it into usable resin products.
OK-PSD joined with RRT, an engineering
company who have built many recycling
plants, to accumulate the necessary
equipment for developing the CTC plant.
The process will focus on Outokumpu's
new T-Stat Triboelectric technology.
Although a relatively small part of our
business, the metals and plastics processing
markets are growing quickly. OK-PSD will
be applying its proven process skills in
other recycling projects.

Finland
Outokumpu Technology Mineral
Processing
Tel. (358) 94 211
Fax (358) 93 156
India
Outokumpu PSD Representative
Tel. (91) 332 405 264, 267
Fax (91) 332 802 708
Kazakhstan
Outokumpu Technology
Representative office
Tel. (7) 3272 672 715
Fax (7) 3272 509 942
Mexico
Outokumpu Mexicana S.A. de
C.V.
Tel. (52) 5 203 5968
Fax (52) 5 203 1018
Peru
Outokumpu Tcnica Per S.A.C.
Tel. (51) 1 221 0833
Fax (51) 1 221 2633
Russia
ZAO Mineral Processing
Engineers
Tel. (7) 812 324 1330
Fax (7) 812 324 1339
South Africa
Outokumpu Technology (Pty) Ltd.
Tel. (27) 11 799 2410
Fax (27) 11 799 2449