A novel approach for recovery of rare earths and niobium from Bayan Obo tailings

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-23

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Liu, Chengjun ^a   Li, Chunlong ^b   Jiang, Maofa ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Baogang Co   (China)

Author keywords

Bayan Obo; Hydrolysis; Leaching; Niobium; Rare earths

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYSIS; LEACHING; METALLURGY; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM OXIDE; RARE EARTHS; RECOVERY;

BAYAN OBO; HIGH APPLICATION VALUE; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; LEACH SOLUTIONS; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; NIOBIUM (NB); OXALATE CO-PRECIPITATION METHOD; REDUCTION OF TI;

FILTRATION;

EID: 84900317054     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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