Enrichment of valuable metals from the sulfuric acid leach liquors of nickeliferous oxide ores

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 28-32

  Xu, Yanbin ^a,b   Xie, Yanting ^a   Liu, Junshen ^b   Yan, Lan ^a   Yang, Rudong ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Na jarosite precipitation; Nickel; Sulfide precipitation

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; COPPER; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MINERALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SODIUM; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFURIC ACID;

ENRICHMENT; ENRICHMENT PROCESSES; JAROSITE; METAL SEPARATIONS; NA-JAROSITE PRECIPITATION; OXIDE ORES; PREGNANT LIQUORS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION METHODS; SULFATE SOLUTIONS; SULFIDE PRECIPITATION; SULFIDE PRECIPITATIONS; SULFURIC ACID LEACHES;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 56949100532     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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