Technological Resources Pty. Limited

Aled Jones

Samuel Kingman

Christopher Dodds

Georgios Dimitrakis

Andrew Batchelor

Grant Ashley Wellwood

Christopher Geoffrey Goodes

Paula Palade

Juliano Katrib

A heap of a material to be leached to recover a valuable metal from the material includes an electromagnetic heating system to generate heat in situ in the heap.

Heap leaching

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for treatment of mined material. The apparatus comprises a source for generating electromagnetic radiation and a microwave inlet region for exposing fragments of the mined material to the electromagnetic radiation. Further, the apparatus comprises a reflective structure adjacent the microwave inlet region and providing, or surrounding, a passage for guiding the fragments of the mined material to the microwave inlet region. The reflective structure is arranged to attenuate penetration of the electromagnetic radiation from the microwave inlet region into the passage during throughput of the fragments of the mined material.

Apparatus and a method for treatment of mined material with electromagnetic radiation

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

Aled Jones