ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,683, issued on July 8, was assigned to IB OPERATIONS PTY LTD (East Perth, Australia).
"Method and apparatus for processing magnetite" was invented by Andrew Graham Hamilton (East Perth, Australia) and Gerald Michael Larosa (East Perth, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for processing magnetite iron ore, including an upstream cyclone and a mill for grinding particles, wherein the upstream cyclone is arranged to operate as a splitter by diverting material in an overflow of the upstream cyclone to bypass the mill and by feeding material in an underflow of the upstream cyclone to the mill."
The patent was filed on Aug...