Process for atmospheric leaching of laterite ores using hypersaline leach solution

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8268039
APP PUB NO 20110056333A1
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12920546

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An atmospheric leaching process for the recovery of a nickel and cobalt from a lateritic ore includes (a) preparing a slurry of the lateritic ore with saline or hypersaline water having a total dissolved solids (TDS) content greater than 30 g/L; (b) leaching the slurry of the lateritic ore with sulfuric acid at atmospheric pressure, and (c) recovering nickel and cobalt from the resultant leachate.

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BHP BILLITON SSM DEVELOPMENT PTY LTDMELBOURNE VICTORIA 3000

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Liu, Houyuan Henderson, US 27 155
Reynolds, Graham Andrew New South Wales, AU 3 8

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