Selective recovery of rare earths from bauxite residue by combination of sulfation, roasting and leaching

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-159

  Borra, Chenna Rao ^a   Mermans, Jasper ^a   Blanpain, Bart ^a   Pontikes, Yiannis ^a   Binnemans, Koen ^a   Van Gerven, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bauxite residue; Leaching; Rare earths; Red mud; Roasting; Sulfation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCINATION; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; IRON; LEACHING; RARE EARTHS; RECOVERY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; BAUXITE RESIDUE; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); RED MUD; ROASTING; ROASTING TEMPERATURE; SULFATION;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 84960921514     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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