Nalco Company - Process and Water Treatment Services for the Mining Industry

Nalco provides products, services, engineering design and automation for process and water treatment. Nalco can help you increase productivity and improve your product quality.

You can reduce your total cost of operation through Nalco's innovative technologies, comprehensive problem-solving approaches, global product consistency and commitment to safety and the environment.

Nalco…people you trust, delivering results!

Here's a glimpse at how we help your industry:

Aluminum and Bauxite – Our people and technical innovation are key. Nalco invented and implemented the vast majority of chemical technology used in the alumina/bauxite industry. We're committed to continuing this legacy through the work of our global team of trained on-site engineers, industry technical consultants, and creative, innovative research scientists.

Coal – Nalco fine coal recovery and retention programs can mean the difference between profit and loss. Count on us to help improve yield.

Base metals – revolutionary new flotation collectors increase recoveries and maximize plant throughput.

Precious metals – state-of-the-art scale control products and technologies help keep your leaching and recovery circuits operating at peak performance.

Sand and Aggregates – we'll help you be a good neighbor through effective dust control and responsible water management.

Kaolin – Nalco FDA-approved treatment programs help you meet or exceed finished product quality, thereby improving your bottom line.

Phosphate – In this highly competitive industry, Nalco process improvement programs will help keep production high and costs down.

Your production and profitability goals are met via a wide range of chemical programs recommended and implemented by highly experienced Nalco field engineers.

Nalco programs include:

• Flocculants and coagulants for clarification and effluent treatment
• Boiler, cooling and process water treatment
• Flotation collectors and frothers
• Filtration and dewatering aids
• Dust control
• Scale and corrosion inhibitors
• Antifoams and defoamers
• Agglomeration aids
• Waste water treatment and recycle
• Viscosity modifiers
• Microbio control
• Application monitoring and control
• In-house engineering design, supply, installation, and commissioning of equipment
• Build, own, operate and maintain capabilities

There are several benefits of us being a global supplier, including:

• Unsurpassed service - Our proactive approach helps ensure process optimization and a return on your investment with Nalco
• Worldwide product consistency
• Industry best practices are shared with you -Nalco R&D, product managers and field experts are globally linked so information is easily accessible
• Troubleshooting assistance - your operational problems can be resolved quickly
• Innovations - expect Nalco to deliver the next step in technology

We're at work in over 40 countries. The examples below show how we're helping our customers. Contact Nalco and we'll connect you to the nearest Nalco field expert.

CASE STUDIES

A China mine and washery complex implemented a Nalco coal floatation program obtaining 10% yield increase.

The owner of a firm with plants in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras relies on global consistency of Nalco programs when planning future growth.

A North American copper producer implemented unique new flotation collector technology to improve Cu and Mo recoveries.

Nalco's DustFoam program helped a USA cement plant cut dust control costs and reduce moisture added to the product.

Use of a Nalco scale inhibitor in an Australian heap leaching system is helping a precious metals operation extend equipment life and reduce costly shutdowns.

Staff at many mining operations no longer manually control coagulants, flocculants and other chemical programs. Nalco automation systems handle these tasks.

A copper mine in South America is using Nalco 8131 to treat mine effluent and comply with environmental regulations.