RE:Today And by the way, much of what you are suggesting here....will and cannot work!
You have this uncanny ability to quickly mix/blend different REE refinement methods and think they will work. Where are we at now? Is this a triple 'hybird' solution you are suggesting? :)
my69z wrote: Simple explanation...... "SX" does a flow through separation. IMC adds a counter-filter step.....layered like an extra wafer. 2x the separation with same flow-rate. If did all 15 REE's.......they had reduced the # of steps by 80%. Then adding Solvay's 572 reagent reducing acids by 40%........worlds cleanest "sx based". And all we have to do is save the processed waste for MRT ------- IMC is about 15-20% waste....but,,, this combo is cleaner and super fast.....just as good as TMRC's CC-IX. IMC does not have ore....etc,,,,,it was a tolling model.....3 years before Ucore / MRT....but could not get feed. Gareth is also the chairman of the EU push to design a world-wide accepted standards on REE mining......basically like the NI-43 filings. This is excellent news and keep in mind, Materion is doing all metallurgical testing for our HREE plant. USG will reimburse.....no cash needed from Ucore. I had pointed all this out several times and noone made a single comment on it. But that is the process we'll be using. MRT is far better......but IMC is the second best and the tech team is also top notch, Excellent stand-in until MRT. Excellent. ------- the HREE plant is NOT, a 2 year "study". That is Bokan. Don't listen to the dumb azzezz here......they don't have a fkn clue. ..... SGS is @ 25 minutes, .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMbsOjj_hls ... Then IMC's collaboration and it was based on Solvay 572. This is the absolute best, non-MRT and this video is when it all started, in 2016. I said over and over ...... "SX" will be chemical column based, one way or another, and not the Lynas dinosaur mechanical way of 1400 mixers, settlers. Down the road, we'll simply layer on-top of IMC with select metal columns. Outstanding news and finally, a binding agreement with someone.........this will now bring USG and off-takes from them and others. Every Mfgr knows of IMC and to now see they're choosing Ucore to also validate their tech........top notch stuff. In 2016, Patrick Wong said @ a Conference that even included IBC, that IMC had already tested 26 different ores from around the world. Just chose Ucore to validate @ scale and looking for Euticex news. Excellent....... IBC is 100% muted for now. Now I've finished here what I started on. Glta!!