Australian innovation aims to reshape global copper mining

From australianmining.com.au

A new piece of copper processing technology unveiled by Loop Hydrometallurgy could reshape how the metal is produced for the global mining industry. Founded at Macquarie University, the Australian start-up’s Halion Loop leaches, purifies and recovers copper directly using simple salt water. Loop said the new technology solves a problem that has plagued the industry for decades, where traditional copper extraction undergoes three major industrial steps, with loads of concentrate transported over thousands of kilometres and up to 90 per cent of material being discarded as waste. The Halion Loop is said to require up ... (full story)