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For 1999, the company increased its The graph 1 obtained results.
production, and the flow pregnant solution,
for the treatment in the refinery of 150 to
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250 m /Hr being the biggest problem
because the clarifier filters are designed to
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treat 170 m /Hr causing very short cycles of
filtered of pregnant solution.
Graph 6 Metallurgical recovery of merill About the costs of the Merrill Crowe
crowe process process, there was an important reduction
in favor to the economy of the Company, in
1998 the costs of the Merrill Crowe process
were $5,18/kg Dore and with the
optimization of the process, the operating
costs were $2,10/kg Dore, being the saving
$3,08/kg Dore produced.
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