Catastrophic tailings dam failures in mining industry do urgently call for sustainable tailings management strategies. Dewatering followed by dry stac…

Elephant Curve Animation: a cool adaption of a classic chart showing mineral processing challenges and advances With thanks to, and acknowledging the efforts of, our University of Melbourne-based team, we’re happy to share a short animation of the ​‘Elephant Curve’ with our community. Feel free to use this graphic, noting COEMinerals as source. The animation helps ​‘brings to life’ how science-based innovations are improving mineral particle recovery, by ​‘lifting the trunk’ of the elephant on the graph. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals (COEMinerals) is improving recovery of fine and coarse mineral particles, helping to facilitate the Centre aims of reducing energy and water used in mineral processing, as well as improving recovery of valuable resources. Some context on the graphic and the animated version: * The animated version we share here was created by our University of Melbourne team using Grok (AI program) - hereby acknowledging your talent and creativity Tareq Mohammed Al-Shami * The Elephant Curve (adaptation) is well known to, and well-used in, the mineral processing industry - you'll find it in many papers, posters and presentations showing particle recovery, and particle losses, during mineral separation processes * We know that the 'elephant curve' was shared by Gerald Luttrell at Virginia Tech as part of his Mining and Minerals Engineering teaching, and was published in papers in 2018 (Improving coarse particle flotation using the HydroFloat™ (raising the trunk of the elephant curve); Improving fine particle flotation using the StackCell™ (raising the tail of the elephant curve)). Students and organisations refer to it today too. * Originally known as the Lakner-Milanovic graph, or the global growth incidence curve, the elephant analogy on a graph was first used to illustrate the unequal distribution of income growth for individuals belonging to different income groups (2013) If you know more about the history of the elephant curve - we'd love to know! Please contact us via the email link on our website www.coeminerals.org.au

Bubble detachment from solid surfaces plays a vital role in technologies such as electrolytic hydrogen production for clean energy and flotation recov…

This study investigated emulsions formulated with water-soluble xanthates, including potassium amyl xanthate (PAX) and a novel α-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 400 succinate xanthate (TPGS-X), combine...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

Emeritus Professor Graeme Jameson AO pioneered a lucrative minerals processing technology that has pumped billions of dollars into Australia’s economy and achieved global commercial success.

The critical minerals industry has received a helping hand from cancer researchers.Researchers based at the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiat...

The decline in ore grades and increasing clay content in ore bodies present significant dewatering challenges for the mining industry, as finer grindi…

In this study, a novel vitamin E-based xanthate, α-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 400 succinate xanthate (TPGS-X) was compared with potassium amyl xan…

🌏 Only 5 weeks to go! 🌏 Join us at Chemeca 2025 and Hazards Australasia in Adelaide this September. We’re excited to feature three incredible keynote speakers for Chemeca 2025: 🔹 Associate Profes...

Performance of mineral flotation process in terms of grade and recovery is critically dependent on achieving the optimal gas dispersion in a flotation…