Process for the recovery of cobalt and nickel in the presence of magnesium from sulphate solutions by Cyanex 272 and Cyanex 302

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 913-923

  Tsakiridis, P E ^a   Agatzini Leonardou, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hydrometallurgy; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

COBALT; HYDROMETALLURGY; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NICKEL; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR;

CYANEX 272; CYANEX 302; STRIPPING; SULPHATE;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 2942530858     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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