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SX Kinetics designed and manufacture a complete "turn-key"
solvent extraction and electrowinning pilot plant for a copper dump leaching
project in Kounrad (near Balqash) Kazakhstan. The plant produced 240 kg
per day of copper cathodes from 100 L per minute of leach solution (PLS).
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Designed and Manufactured
by SX Kinetics in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada |
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![Copper solvent extraction pilot plant with PLS filters](sxk76p1_small.jpg) |
![Copper solvent extraction pilot plant with carbon columns](sxk76p2_small.jpg) |
![Copper electrowinning pilot plant with acid mist exhaust hoods](sxk76p3_small.jpg) |
![Copper electrowinning pilot plant with rectifier](sxk76p4_small.jpg) |
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Site Preparation and Construction Performed
by our Customer, Sary Kazna LLP |
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![Construction of copper PLS ponds and collection trenches](sxk76p5_small2.JPG) |
![Construction of copper PLS ponds for dump leaching](sxk76p6_small1.JPG) |
![Construction of copper SX / EW pilot plant buildings](sxk76p7_small1.JPG) |
![View of copper dump leaching showing SX / EW buildings and PLS ponds](sxk76p8_small1.JPG) |
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On-Site Assembly of the Solvent Extraction
and Electrowinning Pilot Plant |
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![Installation of insulation in copper SX / EW pilot plant buildings](sxk76p9_small1.JPG) |
![Assembly of copper solvent extraction pilot plant in SX building](sxk76p10_small1.JPG) |
![Assembly of electrowinning pilot plant inside EW building](sxk76p11_small1.JPG) |
![Assembly of electrowinning pilot plant inside EW building](sxk76p12_small1.JPG) |
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Commissioning and Operation of the Solvent
Extraction Pilot Plant |
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![Copper solvent extraction pilot plant showing mixer-settlers](sxk76p13_small1.JPG) |
![Copper solvent extraction pilot plant showing strip mixer-settlers](sxk76p14_small1.JPG) |
![View of the copper solvent extraction pilot plant showing ventilation system](sxk76p15_small1.JPG) |
![Copper solvent extraction pilot plant showing yellow organic tank](sxk76p16_small1.JPG) |
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Commissioning and Operation of the Electrowinning
Pilot Plant |
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![Copper electrowinning pilot plant showing rich and lean electrolyte tanks](sxk76p17_small1.JPG) |
![Copper electrowinning pilot plant showing four electrowinning cellls](sxk76p18_small1.JPG) |
![Copper electrowinning pilot plant showing cathode stripping rack](sxk76p19_small1.JPG) |
![First copper cathode produced in Kazakhstan by SX / EW technology](sxk76p20_small1.JPG) |
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This page was last
updated on
08/26/23
39A Hamilton Avenue, Cobourg, Ontario,
Canada, K9A 1V7
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