Genmine – improved membrane performance for mine wastewater clean-up and precious metal recovery

水管理是矿业部门最突出的可持续性问题。它是所有采矿活动的关键投入，使该部门成为用水最密集的部门之一。尽管处理废水（其中含有许多不同的污染物，包括酸性矿山排水、硫化铁、氰化物、砷和其他重金属）很重要，但目前的做法远远不能持续，因为该行业目前面临着越来越多的用水/排放方面的监管和财务压力。由于有可能将90%的矿用水重复利用，并提高有价金属的回收率，最近膜技术在该行业的应用受到了极大的关注。然而，由于饲料水中的复杂悬浮和溶解固体浓度非常高，远远超出了正常膜厂操作的参数，因此在采矿应用中，围绕快速结垢和结垢的问题会显著加剧，膜的性能会在更短的时间内受损。因此，在目前的商品清洁和防结垢解决方案被证明无效的新兴市场中，具有防止结垢形成和清洁污染膜并延长使用寿命的技术代表了一个重要的商业机会。通过开发一系列专门针对采矿业的产品，解决矿山给水的重大挑战，Gensys旨在利用这一机会，帮助这家英国中小企业站在市场的前沿，为显着增长做好准备。

Water management is the preeminent sustainability issue within the Mining sector. It is a critical input across all mining activities, making this sector one of the most water intensive. Despite the importance of treating waste waters (which contain many different contaminants including Acid mine drain water, iron sulphide, cyanide, arsenic and other heavy metals), current practices are far from sustainable with increasing Regulatory and Financial pressures around water use/discharge now facing the sector. With the potential for >90% of mine water to be reused as well as enhanced valuable metal recovery, significant attention has recently been placed on the use of Membrane Technologies within the sector. However with very high concentrations of complex suspended and dissolved solids in feed waters which are far outside of the parameters of normal membrane plant operation, issues around rapid fouling and scalling are significantly exacerbated in mining applications with membrane performance impaired in a much shorter time. Techniques that therefore offer the potential to prevent scale formation and to clean fouled membranes extending lifespan therefore represent a significant commercial opportunity in an emerging market where current commodity cleaning and antiscalant solutions are proving ineffective. Through the development of a range of products aimed specifically at the mining sector that address the significant challenge of mine feed waters, Gensys aim to exploit this opportunity helping to establish this UK SME at the forefront of a market poised for significant growth.