nickel processing technology 10 years on from cawse, bulong and ...
nickel processing technology 10 years on from cawse, bulong and ...
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Bul<strong>on</strong>g suffered a lengthy ramp-up period due to<br />
equipment problems in the PAL area <strong>and</strong> gypsum<br />
precipitati<strong>on</strong> in SX.<br />
These were ere eventually solved, but the operati<strong>on</strong><br />
was closed in 2003 after it lost its acid supply <strong>from</strong><br />
the WMC’s Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter, <strong>and</strong> could not<br />
source an alternative low cost supply.<br />
It is now owned by Li<strong>on</strong>Ore who are c<strong>on</strong>sidering<br />
c<strong>on</strong>verting it for the pressure oxidati<strong>on</strong> of sulphides.<br />
The future has now been complicated as it appears<br />
that Li<strong>on</strong>Ore will be taken over by Xstrata or Norilsk.<br />
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