Abstract: Disclosed are a nickel-iron wet treatment method and an application thereof. The treatment method comprises: in a high-pressure oxygen environment, mixing a crushed nickel-iron material, sulphuric acid and a corrosion aid, performing an acid leaching reaction, then performing solid-liquid separation on slurry subjected to acid leaching, adding an oxidant into the obtained filtrate, performing heating, removing the corrosion aid, adding a precipitating agent into the filtrate, controlling the pH value of the filtrate, and performing solid-liquid separation to obtain a ferric hydroxide precipitate and a nickel-containing filtrate; and performing extraction and back extraction on the nickel-containing filtrate to prepare battery-grade nickel sulphate.

Abstract: A process for leaching a value metal from oxidic materials, such as a lateritic nickel ore, comprising the step of leaching the ore with a lixiviant comprising a cationic salt (e.g., magnesium chloride) and hydrochloric acid is disclosed. An oxidant or additional metal chloride (such as that which results from the leaching operation) may be added. In one embodiment, the process comprises recovery of a value metal from ore comprising the steps of: leaching the ore with a lixiviant; separating a value metal-rich leachate from the ore in a first solid-liquid separation; oxidizing and neutralizing the value metal-rich leachate so obtained; and separating a solution of magnesium chloride from the leachate so obtained in a second solid-liquid separation. In another embodiment, the lixiviant solution is regenerated from the solution of magnesium chloride. In a further embodiment, regeneration of the lixiviant solution includes a step of producing magnesium oxide from the solution of magnesium chloride.

Abstract: A method of recovering metal and/or oxide thereof from a slurry is described. The method involves magnetically separating at least a portion of any magnetic impurities from the slurry and then leaching or dissolving at least a portion of any remaining magnetic impurities in a slurry. At least one chelating agent can then be added to the slurry and the solids can be recovered from the slurry by various separation techniques. The methods of the present invention are particularly useful in the recovery of tantalum and/or oxide thereof especially tantalum and/or oxide thereof having a very fine size.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for separating metal values, such as nickel and nickel compounds, from mineral ores, including lateritic ores are disclosed. The method includes providing a mixture of particles (e.g., crushed and sized ore) that is composed of at least a first group of particles and a second group of particles. Group members have similar chemical composition, while particles belonging to different groups have dissimilar chemical compositions. The mixture of particles is exposed to microwave/millimeter wave energy in order to differentially heat the first and second group of particles, thereby increasing differences in magnetic susceptibility between the first and second group of particles. The mixture of particles is then passed through a magnetic field gradient, which causes the particles to separate into magnetic and non-magnetic fractions.

Abstract: A treatment for waste pickling solutions containing iron and method of ferric oxide formation, consisting of spent acid with iron content, the addition therein of sodium hydroxide to adjust the pH value, the execution of a chemical reaction in another tank into which sodium hydroxide and air are added while the admixture is exposed to an ultraviolet beam circuit in a photo-oxidation process, and finally magnetic culling to separate ferric oxide in the solution.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for leaching sulfidic nickel matte and particularly copper rich nickel matte, as well as for leaching said matte together with a metallic copper and/or copper-nickel matte. The leach of nickel matte is carried out as pressure leach in one or several stages by means of copper sulfate.