Pilot
Sites
// Enhancing mining efficiency through advanced technologies
// PILOT SITES
BLOOM collaborates with key mining sites across Europe and North America to enhance resource recovery, optimise processing, and improve sustainability through advanced technologies.
Tantalum & Niobium
Copper & Polymetallic ores
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Penouta
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Spain
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Penouta mine, in Ourense, Spain, is Europe’s only active tantalum and niobium mine. It produces tin, tantalum, and niobium, essential for technology and energy applications. Mining is open-pit, followed by gravity separation processes like spirals and shaking tables.
/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM
BLOOM aims to optimise recovery by using sensors to refine separation processes, conserve water, and validate new extraction techniques in pilot and real-plant trials.
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Cobre Las Cruces
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Spain
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Cobre Las Cruces near Seville is a leading copper mine, producing polymetallic ores processed through advanced crushing, grinding, and flotation methods.
/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM
BLOOM will test sensors to improve flotation efficiency, reduce water use, and optimise resource recovery through pilot trials.
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Blue River
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Canada
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Blue River in British Columbia contains tantalum and niobium deposits. Ore is processed through grinding, flotation, and refining to achieve recovery rates of 65–70%.
/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM
BLOOM aims to enhance flotation efficiency using mineral analysis, improving recovery and sustainability. Pilot testing will validate new technologies.
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Lalor-Copper Mountain
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Spain
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Hudbay’s Copper Mountain and Lalor mines produce copper, gold, zinc, and silver using open-pit and underground methods with modern processing plants.
/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM
BLOOM will demonstrate sensor technologies to improve recovery rates, reduce costs, and optimise operations at these sites.
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Mostove Project
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Ukraine
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The Mostove deposit in Ukraine holds tantalum and niobium resources within granites. Initial studies suggest potential for underground mining and by-product extraction.
/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM
BLOOM aims to define mineral characteristics, optimise processes, and validate technologies using pilot testing with real samples to unlock resources.
