The use of oxygen in high pressure acid leaching of nickel laterites

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 533-538

  Loveday, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid; Laterites; Leaching; Nickel; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LEACHING; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTIONS;

HIGH PRESSURE ACID LEACHING; LATERITES; NICKEL LATERITES;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 43449125312     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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