PROCESSING

Rainbow starts rare earth pilot work in South Africa

London-listed miner Rainbow Rare Earths said the initial stages of processing for its Phalaborwa project in South Africa have now begun.

 The front end of the pilot plant at Mintek in Johannesburg - Credit: RRE

The front end of the pilot plant at Mintek in Johannesburg - Credit: RRE

The first phase of the planned pilot involves consolidating material from the historic gypsum stacks at the Phalaborwa site and separating it into a rare earth sulphate at the Council for Mineral Technology's...

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