Chemistry
Flocculants
MaxiFlox® recover more water and lifts thickener performance, boosting dewatering yield and cuts waste for disposal.
Chemistry tailored for optimal performance through a combination of technical understanding and commercial support to assist clients beyond transactional a supply relationship.
Mining & Mineral Processing
In mineral processing, performance variability directly impacts throughput, water recovery, and tailings management risk. We design and implement flocculant and coagulant programs that stabilise thickening circuits, improve underflow density, and maximise water recycling across commodity types.
Applications
- Thickening & clarification
- Tailings management & water recovery
- Belt filter press
- Sludge dewatering
- Process water treatment
Operational Outcomes
- Higher underflow solids and improved tailings handling
- Increased process water recovery
- Reduced reagent consumption through optimisation
- Improved filtration cycle times and cake dryness
- Lower risk of thickener upsets and torque events
Automation & Control
Our automated flocculant dosing platform, OptiFlox®, integrates real-time process monitoring to maintain thickener stability and minimise operator intervention – particularly valuable in water-constrained and remote mining environments.
Relevant solutions
Solutions for mining
Chemistry
Coagulants
Coagulants delivering reliable results across every solid-liquid separation application.
Monitoring & optimisation
Hydra-IQ™
Measures, monitors and uploads real-time water quality data remotely 24 hours a day.
Engineering solutions
PFAS & Remediation
The only commercial solution able to treat large volumes of water to below reporting limits, with low waste volumes.
Why SciDev
What mining customers achieve
Higher underflow solids, easier tailings handling
[DRAFT — pending Marketing approval] Flocculant and coagulant programs stabilise thickening circuits and improve underflow density, producing higher underflow solids and more manageable tailings.
More process water recovered
[DRAFT — pending Marketing approval] Optimised thickening and dewatering chemistry increases process water recovery, cutting fresh-water draw across commodity types.
Lower reagent use and fewer thickener upsets
[DRAFT — pending Marketing approval] Ongoing optimisation reduces reagent consumption and lowers the risk of thickener upsets and torque events.
Faster filtration, drier cake
[DRAFT — pending Marketing approval] Tailored dewatering-aid chemistry improves filtration cycle times and cake dryness across belt filter press and sludge-dewatering applications.
Related products
Products used in mining
- MaxiFlox®
- OptiFlox®
- MaxiDry®
Case studies
Mining projects
Mining
Reducing operating costs with Hydra-IQ™
The deployment of HydraIQ™ revolutionised a mining company’s water monitoring approach, switching from manual sampling to automated, real-time monitoring.
Mining
Rum Jungle Mine Remediation
$19.5 million contract to design and construct a 30 litre pre second multi-stage water treatment plant to remediate contaminated groundwater from legacy uranium mining at the former Rum Jungle Mine.
Mining
Mining Client, PFAS Water Treatment Plant
The only PFAS water treatment plant of its scale in Australia treating beneath the 99th percentile level of ecological protection.
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