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Lead on acid

METHANE sulfonic acid is one of the ingredients that will make the hydrometallurgy plant proposed for the LeadFX Paroo Station lead mine, near Wiluna in Western Australia, tick.

 The flotation circuit at the Paroo Station lead mine.

The flotation circuit at the Paroo Station lead mine.

The hydrometallurgy plant uses two technologies, one developed by BASF and the other by the University of British Columbia.   The BASF-derived Oxide Technology is for stripping lead from lead oxide...

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