Leaching of rare earths from bauxite residue (red mud)

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-27

  Borra, Chenna Rao ^a   Pontikes, Yiannis ^a   Binnemans, Koen ^a   Van Gerven, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bauxite residue; Lanthanides; Leaching; Rare earths; Red mud; Waste processing

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; IRON OXIDES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SCANDIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINA PRODUCTION; BAUXITE RESIDUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID TO SOLID RATIO; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); RED MUD; WASTE PROCESSING;

LEACHING;

EID: 84929274195     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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