First Commercialisation of the Albion Process™ For Copper
· Up until 2004, Sable produced zinc hodes in an SX/EW plant treating wash plant tailing material. In 2004, Sable was acquired by the South African mining company Metorex Limited ("Metorex"), and in 2006 a copper/cobalt SX/EW plant was built to produce copper hode from malachite ore supplied from the Democratic Republic of Congo.