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Leaching process scoops top award

FLSmidth has won a Top 100 R&D award for its Rapid Oxidative Leach process (ROL) which allows copper producers with low- to mid-grade copper ore to bypass smelting

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The mechano-chemical ROL process is an alternative route to smelting

The mechano-chemical ROL process is an alternative route to smelting

The R&D 100 awards celebrate cutting edge R&D across all types of industries. Accompanying FLSmidth on the winners podium this year were NASA, Johnson & Johnson, MIT, and several US-based laboratories...

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