Recovery of metals from Cuban nickel tailings by leaching with organic acids followed by precipitation and magnetic separation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  Hernandez C M F ^a   Banza, A N ^b   Gock, E ^b  

^a High Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Dr Antonio Núnez Jiménez   (Cuba)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Laterite; Magnetic separation; Metal precipitation; Nickel; Organic acids; Percolation

Indexed keywords

COBALT; LEACHING; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; NICKEL; ORGANIC ACIDS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

LATERITE; METAL PRECIPITATION; OXALIC ACID;

METAL RECOVERY;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; COBALT; HEAVY METAL; IRON; NICKEL; OXALIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID;

COBALT; LEACHING; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; METAL RECOVERY; NICKEL; ORGANIC ACIDS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

COBALT; IRON; LEACHING; NICKEL; OXALIC ACID; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECOVERY; SEPARATION; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEATING; LEACHING; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; PRECIPITATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CUBA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETICS; METALS; NICKEL; OXALIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; TARTRATES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751335636     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.03.074     Document Type: Article

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