
Silver and Gold
Driving Value with Expert Precious Metal Processing Programs
Optimizing Your Gold Processing and Precious Metal Operations for Recovery, Grade, and Throughput
Your precious metal operation is unique, and requires a chemistry program that considers safety, profitability, efficiency, and product quality at all stages of the process while helping to sustain the surrounding environmental resources.
Depending on the unique characteristics of your ore, Nalco Water offers a comprehensive suite of gold and silver processing solutions that apply to leaching, milling, roasting, and flotation. By choosing the appropriate partner, you can significantly improve the recovery and grade of your product while maintaining productive performance and sustainable chemistry.
Performance Through Solutions
Nalco Water is a partner that delivers economic and environmental value. By focusing on the entire precious metals operation, we help increase yield, grade, and recovery while conserving energy, water, and raw materials. Using our gold processing aids, our approach results in optimized productivity and throughput, which can positively impact our customers’ bottom line. We use decades of industry experience, innovative technologies, local on-site expertise, and a global network of research labs and personnel to deliver the precious metal results you need.
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Silver and Gold Success Stories

Optimer IQ Flocculant Technology Helps Gold Processing Operation Save Over $3.5M Per Year in Gold Production
A gold mine in Eastern Europe commissioned Nalco Water to help them improve gold processing productivity and reduce costs. The mine applied a multi-stage/multi-facility process to manage its operations due to the complex nature of the ore that they were mining. The process included secondary decanter centrifuges, which Nalco Water targeted to help enhance production. Download the case study below to learn how Nalco Water deployed Optimer IQ technology and helped to save the mine over $3.5 M per year.
Silver and Gold Processing Solutions
Nalco Water offers a comprehensive suite of silver and gold processing solutions that apply to leaching, milling, roasting, and flotation. We tailor our solutions to the unique characteristics of your ore.