Mining Monthly - Pilot-plant

pilot plant: 4 of 6

Broken Hill bolter

Pilot plant to test Cobalt Blue's technology.

10 December 2019

Metso's Murchison move

Metso to help with processing route.

28 November 2019

L-Max passes first test

The pilot plant campaign resulted in an average lithium extraction rate of 94% to lithium sulphate.

20 August 2019

Second phase a charm for Alpha HPA

2nd solvent and extraction phase success at Alpha's HPA First pilot plant in Brisbane.

06 August 2019

Alpha pilot's smooth operations

Plant turning out 21-22kg of high purity alumina salt crystals.

25 July 2019

Wrong cloth shuts down plant

Lepidico's plant grinds to a halt earlier than expected as wrong cloth uncovered.

01 July 2019

Feeding time at the pilot plant

The L-Max process turns out lithium carbonate from mica's like lepidolite and zinnwaldite.

27 June 2019

Cadoux pilot plant in sight

The pilot plant will test Cadoux' proposed high purity aluminium production flowsheet.

22 May 2019

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