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AN ION exchange process that removes the need for solution heating in the elution of uranium from the IX resin could cut costs at Boss Resources’ Honeymoon uranium mine in South Australia by 10%, or $8.78 million and save $1.70 per pound in operation expenditure.

Boss’s 100%-owned Honeymoon, one of the world’s most advanced restart uranium mines

Boss’s 100%-owned Honeymoon, one of the world’s most advanced restart uranium mines

To avoid having to upgrade the transmission line that services Honeymoon with grid power from Broken Hill 80km southeast of the mine, Boss and ANSTO carried out tests to study the effect of ambient temperature...

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