US Patent Issued to MINTEK on Sept. 8 for "Binder for an agglomeration process" (South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,161, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MINTEK (Randburg, South Africa).

"Binder for an agglomeration process" was invented by Stefan Walters Robertson (Randburg, South Africa), Sibabalwe Mxinwa (Randburg, South Africa), Petrus Basson (Randburg, South Africa), Mpumelelo Success Ndhlalose (Randburg, South Africa) and Duduzile Nontobeko Nxumalo (Randburg, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binder for use in leaching a heap of a low-permeability ore containing at least one of the following: copper ore, copper/cobalt ore, nickel laterite ore and uranium ore, wherein the binder comprises an acid-proof cement formed by modifying...