Potential australian competitor It is not my intention to promote a potential future competitor in the HPA market, but does anyone know whether Orbite has secured patents on its proprietary process in Australia?
Hotcopper.is promoting Australian Minerals & Mining Group LTD (ASX.AKA), claiming it has patented a process similar to Orbite´s:
"As much as we would like to tell you all about AKA’s methods for processing Aluminous Clay into HPA, their exact process is a closely guarded secret due the patent application AKA has lodged. ...
At risk of personal injury, we did give the director of AKA a call to fish for information about AKA’s process, and ask him if AKA’s process was in any way similar to Oribite’s patented process ...
The director of AKA was able to divulge that both AKA’s and Orbite’s processes were similar, in that they both contained three key steps of
- Activation
- Leaching
- Precipitation
Although AKA’s process is believed to be more efficient at steps 1 and 3."
https://www.nextminingboom.com/index.php/junior-mining-company-to-ride-surge-in-demand-for-key-material-used-in-next-generation-smart-phones-and-lcd-tvs/
Anyone knows more about patents or the AKA process?
Smy