Talvivaara Mining Company Plc.
Talvivaara’s main activity is the development and commercial exploitation of two polymetallic deposits, Kuusilampi and Kolmisoppi, in Sotkamo, Eastern Finland. The Talvivaara deposits comprise one of the largest known sulphide nickel resources in Europe with 336 million tonnes of ore in measured and indicated categories. The mine is also expected to produce copper, zinc and cobalt as by-products of the process.
Talvivaara's key technology is bioheapleaching, which is utilized to extract metals from the ore. The technology enables cost effective and environmentally friendly exploitation of the resource using locally occurring bacteria.
During the last two years, the Group has successfully demonstrated the applicability of the bioheapleaching technology for the extraction of nickel in large on-site pilot trials using the Talvivaara ore. The trials have shown the leaching process to be strongly heat generating and therefore suitable for the sub-arctic climatic conditions of Eastern Finland.
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