In conventional mining, leaching involves applying acid to piles of rock in order to extract copper, gold or other metals. The remaining rock is stored on site in waste piles. Now, miners aim to ...

It was recently reported in the Financial Post that in-situ leaching of copper is an unproven technology. After personally spending 5 years working at the in-situ copper leaching operation at ...

May 17 (Reuters) - Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX.N), opens new tab expects widespread adoption of new leaching technologies that help miners extract low concentrations of copper from waste rock ...