Process for recovering zinc and/or zinc oxide II

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PATENT NO RE47673
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15920610

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A process for recovering zinc from a zinc containing material, the process including the steps of: leaching the zinc containing material with an alkaline lixiviant comprising an aqueous mixture of NH3 and NH4Cl, or ionic equivalent, having a NH4Cl concentration of between about 10 g/L and about 150 g/L H2O and a NH3 concentration of between 20 g/l H2O and 250 g/L H2O, to produce a zinc containing leachate; stripping ammonia from the leachate to produce a stripped liquor which includes a zinc containing precipitate, the stripped liquor having a NH3 concentration of between 7 and 30 g/L H2O; and recovering the zinc from the stripped liquor.

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STEEL DYNAMICS INVESTMENTS LLCFORT WAYNE IN 46804

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Barr, Neal Normanville, AU 4 15
Shaw, Raymond Walter Melbourne, AU 20 122

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