Pressure acid leaching of arid-region nickel laterite ore: Part II. Effect of ore type

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 70, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 47-62

  Whittington, B I ^a   Johnson, J A ^a   Quan, L P ^a   McDonald, R G ^a   Muir, D M ^a  

^a Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Goethite; Limonite; Nickel; Nontronite; Pressure acid leaching; Serpentine; Sulphuric acid

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; LEACHING; NICKEL METALLURGY; SULFURIC ACID;

PRESSURE ACID LEACHING;

ORES;

EID: 0037799887     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(03)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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