Cobalt refining plant
Gulin’s Cobalt refining plant treats and processes the Cobalt residue in the ore to produce a high quality Cobalt product, a keenly sought global commodity.
The Cobalt plant was built in 1996 and the extraction technology, now patented, was developed by Gulin’s own people. The plant is designed to produce in excess of 2000 tonnes of Cobalt a year.
The Cobalt production process involves seven refinement stages that include impurity removal, precipitation and drying, and results in a high quality Cobalt feedstock for use in the Cobalt chemical market.
Cobalt has a diverse number of applications. As a pure metal, it is used as a superalloy in the aerospace industry and is used as a hardening component in the steel industry. It is also used as a pigment for paints, inks, magnetic tape, cattle feed, mobile phone batteries and as a vitamin supplement (B12).