Hatch provides experience in the following areas:

• Process
  • Nickel matte leaching (ammonia, acid, chloride)
  • Nickel laterite processing
  • Platinum Group Metal (PGM) refining
  • Electrolytic zinc refining
  • Copper SX/EW and electroefining
  • Gold processing
  • Arsenic fixation
  • Metallurgical dust treatment
  • Effluent and water treatment
  • Specialty chloride and nitric acid systems
• Process and Technical Consulting
  • Process evaluation and development
  • Consulting and project evaluations
  • Pilot-plant programs and facility scale-ups
  • In-plant troubleshooting
  • Process modeling
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Feasibility studies
  • Energy and environmental audits
• Project Implementation
  • Multidiscipline engineering
  • Clean plant design
  • Project management
  • Procurement services
  • Construction management
• Operations assistance and safety reviews
  • Plant start-up and commissioning
  • Operation audits
  • HAZOP and safety audits
• Custom Design of Unit Operations
  • Pressure leach autoclaves
  • Specialized heat exchangers and heat recovery equipment
  • Acid regeneration equipment
  • Electrowinning systems
  • SX and IX systems
  • Specialized leach reactors