:: SX-EW Reviewed

SX-EW continues to have a positive effect on the economics of metals production through application to low and relatively low-grade sulphide ores as well as oxides and uses in several relatively new mining regions.

An article by Kyran Casteel in the March 2006 issue of E & MJ (pps. 26-31) looks at today's more significant providers of the required technology, how these suppliers have interacted to recent and current projects, and at a new application in vanadium processing.