RE:RE:Only care about enough co-products, Loughatorick wrote: Would it make sense to run the lithium concentrate through a second extraction run at a slower speed ?
In other words, the lithium per pilot was only 25 % of the concentrate, but at slower speeds was
much higher.
From what Carolyn Mussbacher said at Investor Day, and Chris has said on several occassions since, the preference is to have a high flow rate. Chris also said on a recent NR that they'll be refining/tweaking the process in the next month or two. I'm sure Carolyn and the other engineers who are working on the optimal approach are familiar with calculus, and I'm sure they'll be applying it to a combination that delivers maximum profitability. If I remember the notation correctly, it's dy/dx (fx) = 0 to find the min and/or max values for a given equation. Solving for 'x' will be the answer to your question. Whew, that's going back a ways.
The point is, guys like us are not going to know the answer. The only way to know for sure what the best mix is, is to consolidate the data, come up with an equation that describes it, and solve it as I attempt to explain above. It's a beautifull thing.