Molycop sera présent à MetPlant 2026 à Adélaïde, où il présentera des solutions intégrées en matière de médias de broyage, d'instrumentation et d'intelligence des processus basée sur l'IA pour aider les opérations à améliorer l'efficacité, la stabilité et la durabilité.
Key Facts
- Molycop will exhibit at MetPlant 2026 in Adelaide (22–25 March) at Stand 23.
- The team will highlight integrated solutions spanning grinding media, comminution optimisation, instrumentation and OreVia™ process intelligence.
- The focus will be on practical, data-driven strategies to improve throughput, recovery, energy efficiency and operational stability.
Recognised as Australia’s premier conference focused on metallurgical plant design and optimisation, MetPlant brings together metallurgists, engineers, operators, consultants and technology providers to share practical insights that help mining operations improve efficiency, sustainability and long-term performance. For Molycop, the event provides an opportunity not only to showcase technology but to engage in meaningful industry dialogue around the challenges shaping modern mineral processing.
A More Integrated Approach to Plant Performance
According to Fraser Leslie, Head of Sales and Market Development, the industry is increasingly moving toward integrated solutions rather than isolated interventions.“Operations today are facing complex technical, economic and environmental pressures simultaneously,” Fraser explains.
Customers are looking for partners who can connect the dots across grinding media performance, instrumentation, process optimisation and digital analytics. That integrated perspective is where we believe we can add real value.
He notes that sustainability considerations are now firmly embedded in operational decision-making, particularly where energy efficiency, water stewardship and circuit stability are concerned.
Improving plant performance isn’t just about productivity anymore. It’s about delivering efficiency gains that also support environmental and social expectations. That balance is becoming a defining factor for the industry.
Optimising Grinding Media for Real Operational Gains
For Rick Dunn, Technical Services Manager – Grinding Media, the focus remains on translating technical expertise into measurable operational outcomes.Grinding media is often one of the largest consumable costs in a comminution circuit, but it’s also one of the biggest opportunities for optimisation,” Rick says. “When media selection, mill operating conditions and ore characteristics are properly aligned, the improvements in throughput, wear performance and energy efficiency can be significant.
Rick emphasises that collaboration with site teams is critical to achieving those results.
No two operations are identical. Success comes from combining metallurgical understanding with operational data and practical site experience. That’s why engagement with customers — listening to their challenges and working alongside them — is such an important part of what we do.
From Measurement to Intelligence: Instrumentation and OreVia
Instrumentation and digital analytics are increasingly shaping how metallurgical plants operate. Damien Thorpe, Manager – Advanced Instrumentation, highlights how this shift is moving the industry from reactive control toward predictive optimisation — particularly with the development of Molycop’s OreVia™ process intelligence platform.“OreVia is about giving operators real-time visibility into ore behaviour across the entire circuit — from crushing and grinding through to flotation,” Damien explains.
Using AI, machine vision and advanced analytics, we can help sites detect variability earlier, stabilise performance and make faster, more informed operational decisions.
The modular OreVia suite — including OreVia Rock, OreVia Slurry and OreVia Froth — enables continuous monitoring of particle characteristics, slurry behaviour and flotation performance. Integrated with plant control systems and digital platforms, it provides operators with actionable insight rather than simply more data.
Historically, operators often had to infer what was happening inside the circuit,” Damien says. “Now they can see it. That visibility allows proactive optimisation — improving recovery, reducing energy consumption and supporting more stable, predictable operations.
He emphasises that instrumentation works best when paired with operational expertise.
Technology alone doesn’t deliver outcomes. It’s the combination of measurement, interpretation and metallurgical understanding that drives sustainable performance improvement. That’s the space we’re focused on.
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Collaboration at the Core of Industry Progress
A consistent theme across Molycop’s participation in MetPlant is the importance of collaboration. As ore bodies become more complex and operational expectations increase, no single solution can address every challenge.Events like MetPlant provide a forum for technical exchange, industry benchmarking and relationship-building across the mining ecosystem. For Molycop, these conversations are essential for understanding emerging customer needs and ensuring solutions remain practical, effective and aligned with real operational conditions.
Fraser summarises the approach:
Progress in mining has always come from collaboration — sharing knowledge, applying innovation responsibly and working closely with customers to solve real operational challenges. Conferences like MetPlant are where those conversations happen.
Meet Molycop at MetPlant 2026
Delegates attending MetPlant are encouraged to visit Stand 23 to connect with Molycop specialists and explore:• Grinding media optimisation strategies
• Comminution circuit efficiency improvements
• Advanced instrumentation and OreVia process intelligence
• Data-driven plant optimisation approaches
• Sustainable processing initiatives
Whether the focus is improving throughput, reducing energy intensity or enhancing operational stability, the Molycop team will be available to discuss practical pathways to better plant performance.
