PROCESS FOR ENHANCED ACID LEACHING OF LATERITE ORES
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    发明公开
    PROCESS FOR ENHANCED ACID LEACHING OF LATERITE ORES 有权
    METHODS FOR IMPROVED酸浸提红土矿石

    公开(公告)号:EP1851346A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-07

    申请号:EP06704863.7

    申请日:2006-02-13

    IPC分类号: C22B3/08 C22B3/10 C22B23/00

    CPC分类号: C22B23/043 C22B23/0461

    摘要: A process for the recovery of nickel and cobalt from a nickeliferous laterite ore including the steps of : a) providing a nickeliferous laterite ore and separating that ore into its low magnesium limonite fraction and high magnesium saprolite fraction; b) treating the limonite fraction in acid solution in a primary high pressure leach step to produce a primary leach slurry; c) adding the saprolite fraction to the primary leach slurry to initiate precipitation of iron as goethite and/or hematite, while simultaneously releasing further acid from the iron precipitation, to effect a secondary atmospheric leach step, producing a secondary leach slurry; wherein all water used to prepare the ore slurries and/or acid solutions has an ionic composition that substantially avoids jarosite formation.