They are exploring plant sites for processing the ore in the United States adjacent to a chemical facility that produces hydrochloric acid.

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The principal danger for people living near Jaduguda, say environmentalists, is a 40-hectare "tailing" pond used to hold liquid and solid waste produced in the processing of the ore into yellow cake.

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Some growth has been companies processing lower-grade ore that may not have been feasible at lower gold prices, analysts said.

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Newmont attributed the lower production to the processing of lower grade ore from stockpiles as it prepared for a new phase of mining at the vast open pit in the mountains of Sumbawa.

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Newmont has attributed the lower production to the processing of lower grade ore from stockpiles as it prepares for a new phase of mining at the vast open pit in the mountains of Sumbawa.

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Engineering continues on a processing plant to handle 60, 000 metric tons of ore per day, as well as associated infrastructure facilities.

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