Hatch provides an integrated approach to the development of zinc resource definitions through to the production of zinc concentrate and metal in often-challenging environments. Our team has extensive design and operations experience and is recognized as industry leaders in technically critical areas such as material handling, comminution, flotation and hydrometallurgy of zinc ores.

Hatch can deliver the full suite of zinc production services:

• Open pit and underground mine design and optimization
• Zinc processing plant design including crushing, storage, grinding, high pressure grinding rolls, flotation and dewatering
• Design of metallurgical test-work research programs
• Plant commissioning, ramp-up production and troubleshooting
• Design of hydrometallurgical plant for zinc extraction including atmospheric and pressure leaching and SXEW
• Custom design of specialized equipment such as leach reactors, autoclaves, SX mixer-settler and EW circuits
• Management and disposal of zinc tailing and leaching residues