Hatch Goba provides comprehensive hydrometallurgy offering
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PRESS RELEASE
Hatch Goba provides comprehensive hydrometallurgy offering
13 June, 2014:The hydrometallurgy group from consulting engineering and project implementation firm Hatch Goba is a multi-disciplined team of professionals that is able to provide trusted design, evaluation and delivery of projects through all phases of development in base metal industries.
Hydrometallurgy is a technique within the field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates and recycled or residual materials. The Hatch Goba hydrometallurgy specialist group is a division of the company's non-ferrous metals group and focuses primarily on the extraction and purification of base metals that include; nickel, copper, cobalt and zinc and associated precious metals such as platinum group metals and gold. Another metal of interest is titanium - both metal and titanium dioxide.
Hatch Goba practice lead for hydrometallurgy Africa Ellen Minnaar notes that the group boasts a thorough understanding of fundamental hydrometallurgical principles and of cutting-edge technologies currently being explored. "The group utilises its extensive experience and state-of-the-art technical tools to custom design equipment and unit operations for the full range of hydrometallurgical flow sheets and process steps."
An example of this advanced technology is Integrated Design Engineering with Advanced Simulation (IDEAS) - a process simulation software package that enables the performance of steady and transient state mass and energy balances, tracking of components, compounds, element flow and concentration and the handling of particle size distributions.
"Process simulation involves the modelling of a system to obtain mass and energy balances that form the basis of process and equipment design. Hatch Goba boasts extensive experience in steady state and dynamic process modelling using cutting edge IDEAS software, which enables us to test and verify design concepts and process control logic quickly, at low cost and low risk," she continues.
Minnaar adds that the advanced features of IDEAS control systems can also be tuned to mimic real world plant behaviour. "Combined with Hatch Goba operational expertise, this provides a virtual environment to develop and test optimisation solutions without compromising real world plant operation."
Partnerships with Hatch specialist groups, including the Autoclave Technology Group (ATG), Specialised Engineering Analysis and Design (SEAD) group, and global Centres of Excellence for Solvent Extraction and Electrowinning Technologies further assist in providing world class levels of technical excellence. "These proven skills, combined with an excellent working relationship with clients, enables us to demonstrate our ability to provide quality deliverables in competitive timelines," Minnaar concludes.
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About Hatch Goba
Hatch Goba supplies process and business consulting, information technology, engineering, procurement and project and construction management and operational services to the mining, metallurgical, energy and infrastructure industries.
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