METHOD FOR SEPARATING RADIONUCLIDES FROM ORES, ORE CONCENTRATES, AND TAILINGS

    公开(公告)号:US20240263274A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18559931

    申请日:2021-05-11

    发明人: James VAUGHAN Weng FU

    摘要: A method for separating radionuclides from ores, ore concentrates, and tailings or mixtures of two or more thereof comprising the steps of (a) providing an ore, ore concentrate, or tailings, or a mixture of two or more thereof in which radionuclides have been liberated onto surfaces of particles of the ore, ore concentrate or tailings or mixtures of two or more thereof, (b) forming a pulp or slurry comprising the ore, ore concentrate or tailings or a mixture or two or more thereof from step (a), water or an aqueous solution, and an ion exchange resin to cause the radionuclides to load onto the resin, and (c) separating the resin from other solids present in the pulp or slurry.

    RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH METALS FROM COAL MINING SITES

    公开(公告)号:US20240209475A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18283707

    申请日:2022-01-24

    申请人: Peter F. Santina

    IPC分类号: C22B59/00 C22B3/06 C22B3/24

    CPC分类号: C22B59/00 C22B3/06 C22B3/24

    摘要: Overburden from surface coal mining in many regions can produce a rain runoff laden with selenium, in the selenate form, as well as rare earth elements (REEs). This occurs from rainwater leaching through exposed selenium/mineral-containing rocks in the overburden. The mineral-containing runoff water is caught in ponds, or deep mine water is collected from pools. Alternatively, leachate can be collected from coal gob or refuse piles, or from a final cut lake resulting from a coal strip mining operation. Extraction of REEs, as well as remediation of deleterious substances such as selenium, is performed by treatment with sulfur-modified iron (SMI) in a contact bed of an upflow reactor vessel. After a period of use of the SMI, the spent SMI is subjected to a recovery process for REEs.

    Lithium extraction method
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11821056B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17815823

    申请日:2022-07-28

    申请人: Uong Chon

    发明人: Uong Chon

    IPC分类号: C22B26/12 C01D15/08 C22B3/06

    摘要: The lithium extraction method includes providing lithium phosphate containing impurities of an alkaline earth metal; dissolving the lithium phosphate and the impurities in an acid; and preparing a lithium-containing solution by adding an additive to a solution prepared by dissolving the lithium phosphate and the impurities in the acid. The additive is a substance capable of simultaneously precipitating phosphate anions and the impurities, and the lithium-containing solution prepared through addition of the additive is basic.