Heap leaching: energy economics?
This data-file captures the energy economics of leaching processes in the mining industry, especially the costs of heap leaching, for the extraction of copper, nickel, gold, silver, other precious metals,…
Established technologies: hiding in plain sight?
…molecules for sequestration, mining materials to build energy transition infrastructure, and possibly even using hydrogen will all require compressors. Which scores as another hidden enabler for energy transition, that is…
Coal versus gas: explaining the CO2 intensity?
…find, is that starving gas value chains of capital may have re-inflated marginal costs to $12-16/mcf (4-5c/kWh) (third note below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/coal-mining-the-economics/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/us-shale-gas-the-economics/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/09/23/end-game-options-to-cure-energy-shortages/ Conclusion: coal to gas switching cuts CO2…
Graphite producers: leading companies?
…and other key details. There is a large landscape of junior mining companies here. However in our view, leaders will be those with the ability to integrate and demonstrate strong…
Lithium from brines: the economics?
…have only attempted a high-level model. To read more about battery-grade lithium from brines and to compare and contrast our lithium mining/refining and salar/DLE brine models, please see our article here….
Direct lithium extraction: ten grains of salt?
…tracked, and becoming a painful bottleneck in 2022-23. Today’s production is dominated by mining (page 4) and evaporative salars (pages 5-6). Each of these has drawbacks, which are covered in…
Manufacturing methods: an overview?
…with >7MWH/ton energy use is energy-intensive. Some of the lowest-cost methods are associated with the mining industry, where they are deployed at enormous scale (multi-MTpa), such as crushing, flotation and…
Aurubis: copper recycling breakthrough?
…as it processes 1MTpa of recycled materials, plus 2.25MTpa of concentrates from 30 mining partners. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Its flagship Hamburg facility employs 2,000 people and is said…
Solar contacts: silver bullet?
…This view, and our best guesses on timings, are presented on pages 14-15. Finally, the note ends with a review of leading silver mining companies, which will clearly be impacted…
Froth flotation: the economics?
…low recovery rates). This suggests upside in the mining services industry, including equipment manufacturers and specialty chemical companies, which can improve concentration, improve product recoveries in the concentration, and improve…