Nickel-cobalt laterites in the news
An overview of the latest news from the world of nickel-cobalt laterites covering existing HPAL operations, HPAL projects, heap leaching, and process innovations.
Posts by ALTA Metallurgical Services:
Metallurgical Innovation the Focus of ALTA
This world-class metallurgical conference is once again bringing the international community together in Perth for its 24th annual event.
ALTA 2018 Conference Report
This year’s ALTA conference had the highest attendance on record with 377 delegates from 29 countries, a massive 55% increase on 2017.
Announcement of ISR Symposium at ALTA 2018
ALTA are pleased to announce a focussed one-day ISR Symposium, organised in cooperation with CSIRO Minerals, will be included in ALTA 2018.
ALTA 2017 held in Perth, Australia – a well-attended successful event
The event was opened by Conference Convenor, Alan Taylor, Metallurgical Consultant/Managing Director, ALTA Metallurgical Services.
Copper SX-EW – What are the options?
Since it burst onto the world’s metallurgical scene in the late 1960s, copper SX/EW has gone from strength to strength and has seemingly blitzed all comers. But it does have some drawbacks, which opens up opportunities for possible options.
Feasibility Studies – Foundation or Fantasy?
Feasibility studies are a vital part of the sometimes tortuous path leading from a resource discovery to a profitable operation. Yet they come in all shapes and sizes - cheap or expensive, good or bad, well thought out or “off the cuff”, valuable or valueless - and can be a firm project foundation or a fantasy.
Copper heap leach development – not as easy as it looks
The ability to use heap leaching, together with solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX/EW) to go from ore to high grade metal at the mine-site, makes it particularly attractive to aspiring juniors.
New players in copper concentrates hydromet
Some new players have joined the list of hydromet processes for copper sulphide concentrates. A key driving force is increasing industry concerns in the transporting and smelting of concentrates with high impurity levels, especially arsenic.
ALTA 2016 Conference Report
The 21st annual ALTA conference opened by Conference Convenor, Alan Taylor, Managing Director, ALTA Metallurgical Services was held 21-28 May in Perth, Australia.
ALTA announces free technical library for metallurgical industry
ALTA announced today that the ALTA Free Library is now available to the industry.
