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Processing Comment: Rising costs

18 February 2010


Future projects could foot the bill for high energy prices, scarce water resources

From Barry Wills, Minerals Engineering International: An interesting little article on the Australia-based website Minerals Processing highlights some of the challenges facing mineral processing at the moment.

 

Damian Connelly, an engineer at Minerals Engineering Technical Services (METS) discusses how the global financial crisis has had a major impact on the mineral industry with a sharp decline in commodity prices and profitability.

 

Banks are more cautious lending to...