Vanadium occurs in over 60 different minerals and fossil fuel deposits. The most common of these deposits being titaniferous magnetite, uraniferous sandstone, and siltstone and phosphate rock. Vanadiferous magnetite is processed, traditionally using a sodium salt roasting process, to produce vanadium pentoxide (V2O5).
Vanadium has advantages properties that facilitate usage in steel alloys, chemicals and catalysts, and vanadium batteries. A majority of vanadium produced is used as an alloy to strengthen steels. As one of the world’s major steel producers, China has had a significant influence of vanadium consumption. Recent changes in China’s steel product standards have increased the content requirement of vanadium which has resulted in a significant increase in vanadium consumption and demand.
Range of Capabilities:
- Metallurgical testplans
- Project management
- Metallurgical summary reports
- Flowsheets
- Mass balances
- P&IDs
- Vendor evaluation
- Project implementation
- Engineering studies
- Environmental studies
- Process description/Equipment lists
- Detailed design
Please send through your enquiry today via email to info@metsengineering.com and we will call you to discuss your project.
Project Experience:
| Client | Project | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Coates Vanadium | AMP | Testwork |
| Reed Resources Ltd | Barrambie Project | Pre-Feasibility Study |
| Vanadium Australia Ltd | Windimurra Project | Metallurgical Testplans |
| Quest Minerals Ltd | Victory Bore Project | Scoping Study |
| BehreDolbear Australia | Mustavaara Project | Comprehensive Review |
| TNG Ltd | Mt Peake | Testwork |
| TNG Ltd | Mt Peake | Scoping Study |
| TNG Ltd | Mt Peake | Pre-Feasibility Study |
| TNG Ltd | Mt Peake | Pilot Plant |
| TNG Ltd | Mt Peake | Feasibility Study |
| TMT Ltd | Gabanintha | Sighter Testwork |
| TMT Ltd | Gabanintha | PFS Testwork |
| Audalia Resources Ltd | Medcalf | Testwork |
| Confidential | Exploration Project | Testwork |
| Venus Metals | Youanmi | Testwork |
| Venus Metals | Youanmi | Technical Review |
| Confidential | SA Dumps | Recovery Advice |
| Confidential | Confidential | Recovery of Vanadium from Tails |
Sharing Our Knowledge:
Vanadium Processing Course
We offer a one day vanadium ore processing course that is designed to offer participants in-depth knowledge of the broader aspects of vanadium ore processing, the environmental aspects and best practises in mining and processing vanadium ore. Topics covered include the demands and uses of vanadium, the geology and mineralogy of vanadium deposits, beneficiation, ferrovanadium and vanadium chemical production. Read more about our course here.