Atalaya Mining has approved construction of the first phase of an industrial-scale plant that will use the E-LIX System to produce high-value copper and zinc metals from the complex sulphide concentrates sourced from the company's Proyecto Riotinto open-pit copper mine in Andalucia, Spain. The company, based in Nicosia, Cyprus, said it had concluded a feasibility study that evaluated the technical and economic viability of producing cathodes from complex sulphide concentrates by applying E-LIX, a new electrochemical extraction process developed and owned by Lain Technologies Ltd. with the financial support of Atalaya.
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