Recovery of nickel and cobalt from laterite leach solutions using direct solvent extraction: Part 2: Semi- and fully-continuous tests

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Cheng, C Y ^a   Boddy, G ^b   Zhang, W ^a   Godfrey, M ^b   Robinson, D J ^a   Pranolo, Y ^a   Zhu, Z ^a   Zeng, L ^a   Wang, W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cobalt; LIX63; Nickel; Solvent extraction; Synergistic; Versatic 10

Indexed keywords

BATCH TESTS; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; COBALT CONCENTRATION; COBALT EXTRACTION; CONTINUOUS PILOT PLANTS; DETECTION LIMITS; DIRECT SOLVENTS; IRON REMOVAL; LEACH SOLUTIONS; LIX63; NICKEL CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; ORGANIC SYSTEMS; RAFFINATES; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION; STRIP SOLUTIONS; STRIPPING EFFICIENCY; SYNERGISTIC SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THREE STAGES; TWO STAGE;

CALCIUM; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL RECOVERY; METAL REFINING; NICKEL ALLOYS; PILOT PLANTS; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; STRIPPING (DYES);

NICKEL;

EID: 77955275111     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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