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Korea Zinc not able to export Onsan sulphuric acid

Latest in battle for one of the world's largest smelters

Siobhan Lismore-Scott
Sulphuric acid is indispensable in the in-situ leaching mining method

Sulphuric acid is indispensable in the in-situ leaching mining method | Credits: iacrousephotography

Korea Zinc is unable to export sulphuric acid from its Seokpo refinery to its Onsan zinc smelter following a suspension order. "The Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office, under the Ministry of Environment,...

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