glencor were probably hoing the heap leach would work out well it hasnt nor has it worked out for Herron and look at the sp for them to Laterites are great at high Ni prices but when the price falls the sulphate chaps can still mine those high Ni stopes they have set aside while the HPAL miners have to shut down their autoclaves as they have a uniform ore body, so that has no areas of higher grade ore that can be mined profitably
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