Day traders' after-market lounge August 22, page-18

MTM: I saw someone comment that the process would be a highly energy inefficien process and not viable on an industrial scale

This is worth the read...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26038-9#:~:text=The%20FJH%20method%20has%20an,35%20(Supplementary%20Note%205).

They also cite that the process is estimated to reduce energy consumption by 75%of traditional acid leaching:
https://youtu.be/7fnBEwyw6PY?si=5cb16JOP5BOWFsmP

Obviously there is a long road to a processing plant using this tech, but what a fabulous outcome.