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Scoping Study Boosts Broken Hill Cobalt Projects Development Options
- Published November 11, 2012 6:04PM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
- Categories Company Updates
Broken Hill Prospecting Ltd (‘BPL’ or the ‘Company’) today announced that a detailed scoping study for the production of sulfuric acid bi-product from its world-class, 100% -owned Broken Hill Cobalt Project in Western NSW had highlighted significant potential for a long-term operation with a capital start-up.
The study, undertaken by international engineering consultant GHD, confirmed that pyrite from the company’s Railway, Pyrite Hill and Big Hill cobalt deposits you could yield valuable sulphuric acid bi-product. Currently, sulphuric acid is in strong demand in fertilizer production, mineral processing and other industries. Pyrite treatment would also provide significant cobalt and iron recovery.
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