Mining Innovation: Advancements in Ore Extraction Techniques

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The reactivity of a given metal determines the likelihood of finding that metal in the earth's crust in the uncombined elemental form. For some common metals, the likelihood of the metal being found in uncombined elemental form. The likelihood of being found as the uncombined elemental metal is almost the reverse of the activity series.
• Minerals are naturally occurring substances, usually compounds, with a definite composition or range of compositions and crystal structures.
• Minerals usually contain metals in an oxidised form such as oxides, carbonates, silicates, sulfides and sulfates.
• An ore is defined as a naturally occurring deposit that is a mixture of minerals from which a substance, usually a metal, can be economically extracted.
• Ores and their constituent minerals form as the result of a variety of geological processes including crystallisation from molten rock, crystallisation from hot aqueous solutions, weathering of older rocks, evaporation from solutions, sedimentation and biological processes.
Ores are non-renewable resources formed during the long geological evolution of our planet. Our future use of metals is limited by the finite amounts of accessible natural minerals.
There are various economic decisions to be made before an ore body can be developed. The factors that affect the final selling price of the metal include abundance, location, costs of extraction, transportation costs and variations in metal prices.
Abundance
• The mineral must be sufficiently concentrated in the ore body to make it economical to mine. If the concentration is too low, it may be currently non¬economic, although future improvements in technology can mean that a non-economic ore can become economic.
Location
• Some regions of Australia are protected for environmental or cultural reasons. Mining cannot be easily conducted it the deposit is located within a high population zone.
Costs of extraction
• Companies need to determine the cost of mining, milling and extracting the metal from the ore. Aluminium is more expensive to manufacture than copper due to the high costs of the electrolytic process used to make aluminium.
Direct cost of extracting metals from their ores Depends on the following:
• The activity of the metal. A large amount of energy is used in reducing alumina to aluminium metal because of the stability of the oxide.
• Industrial processes used in extraction. Isasmelt is a newer process used in copper ‘matte’ formation which has lowered energy requirements.
• Transportation of ores for refining.
• The protection of some metals, for example, steel from corrosion, by galvanising.
• Reducing costs by recycling, for example, in the aluminium industry.
Transportation costs
• Consideration must be given to the costs of transporting raw material from the mine to the smelter/refinery as well as the costs of transporting the refined metals overseas
Variable metal prices