Mining and Mineral Processing

Most mines and mineral processing operations have one or more Magnetic Separators and Metal Detectors to both remove/detect tramp metal (preventing process equipment damage) and to purify and enhance the quality of ores.

• In Mining, heavy duty magnetic separators are used to remove large tramp metal from mined ores and to separate magnetic ores. This is achieved using
  • Electro Overband Magnets,
  • Drum Magnets,
  • Pulley Magnets
  • Metal Detectors;
• In Mineral Processing, high intensity magnetic separators are applied to purify non-metallic minerals and separate minerals of varying magnetic susceptibility. Typically, equipment includes
  • Rare Earth Roll Magnetic Separators,
  • Induced Roll Magnetic Separators,
  • Magnetic Disc Separators (MDS)
  • Electro Magnetic Filters;

Bunting’s Customer Experience Centre (Redditch, UK) has one of the world’s most complete laboratories for high-intensity magnetic separation for the mineral processing and mining industry.  Customers are invited to contact us to arrange controlled tests to determine separation capabilities.  Find out more on:

• Customer Experience Centre for Separation and Detection

Technical articles

In several technical articles, Professor Neil Rowson explains the application of high-intensity magnetic separation in the mineral processing industry:

• Technical Video Explanation of the Rare Earth Roll Separator
• Video Explanation of the Induced Roll Magnetic Separator IMR
• Technical Video Explanation of the Magnetic Disc Separator