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Northam to rebuild Zondereinde smelter

23rd May 2013

By: Creamer Media Reporter

  

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals producer Northam will need to rebuild its Zondereinde mine smelter, after ultrasonic tests and temperature readings revealed erosion of the refractory bricks that make up the walls of the smelter.

Further pyrometallurgical and chemical analyses would now be carried out to determine the cause of the erosion.

The exact cost and duration of the rebuild would still have to be determined.

Northam indicated, however, that the Zondereinde mine and concentrators continued to operate normally, with concentrate to be treated on a toll basis at other facilities.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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