简介:Copperprocessorsusingsolventextraction/electrowinning(SX/EW)haveknownforyearsthateliminatingtheelectrolytebleedcouldbenefitprocesseconomicsdramaticallyUntilnow.therewasnopracticalsolutiontoeliminatethebleed.Availableprocesseseithercouldnorreduceironcontaminantssufficiently,orpulledouttoomuchvaluablecopperandcobaltalongwiththeiron.Basedonpilottestsofanewbreedofionexchangeseparatioinsystematthreedifferentminesitesonrepresentativeelectrolytes,analternmativetobleedingelectrolytesnowexists.Onthisbasis,processorscanshelvethewastefulelectrolytebleedingpractice.Already,onemajorcopperproducerisinstallingafullscalesystem.