Leaching behavior of metals from a limonitic nickel laterite using a sulfation-roasting-leaching process

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 144-150

  Guo, Xueyi ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Park, Kyung Ho ^a,b   Tian, Qinghua ^a   Wu, Zhan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Leaching; Nickel laterite; Sulfation roasting; Sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

FERRIC SULFATE; LEACH SOLUTIONS; LEACHING BEHAVIOR; LEACHING PROCESS; NICKEL LATERITE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ROASTING TEMPERATURE; SEM; SOLID/LIQUID RATIOS; SULFATION ROASTING; XRD;

ACIDS; CALCINATION; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; HYDROMETALLURGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORE ROASTING; SMELTING; SODIUM; SOILS; SULFURIC ACID; ZINC;

LEACHING;

EID: 71749093903     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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