GB2589759B - Processing of laterite ores - Google Patents

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Publication number: GB2589759B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: processing; laterite ores; laterite; ores
Prior art date: 2018-06-22
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

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GB2020416.0A

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GB202020416D0 (en

GB2589759A (en

Inventor

john alexander Daniel

Owen Filmer Anthony

Villa Diniz Claudia

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Anglo American Technical and Sustainability Services Ltd

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Anglo American Technical and Sustainability Services Ltd

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2018-06-22

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2019-06-20

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2023-02-01

2019-06-20 Application filed by Anglo American Technical and Sustainability Services Ltd filed Critical Anglo American Technical and Sustainability Services Ltd

2021-02-03 Publication of GB202020416D0 publication Critical patent/GB202020416D0/en

2021-06-09 Publication of GB2589759A publication Critical patent/GB2589759A/en

2023-02-01 Application granted granted Critical

2023-02-01 Publication of GB2589759B publication Critical patent/GB2589759B/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2039-06-20 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/005—Preliminary treatment of ores, e.g. by roasting or by the Krupp-Renn process
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
- B07C5/3416—Sorting according to other particular properties according to radiation transmissivity, e.g. for light, x-rays, particle radiation
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/02—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
- C22B23/023—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes with formation of ferro-nickel or ferro-cobalt
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/02—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
- C22B23/025—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes with formation of a matte or by matte refining or converting into nickel or cobalt, e.g. by the Oxford process
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/04—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by wet processes
- C22B23/0407—Leaching processes
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B3/00—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
- C22B3/02—Apparatus therefor
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
- Y02P10/20—Recycling

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Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201862688610P	2018-06-22	2018-06-22
GBGB1815744.6A GB201815744D0 (en)	2018-09-27	2018-09-27	Benefication of processing feed by bulk sorting of laterite ores
PCT/IB2019/055198 WO2019244091A2 (en)	2018-06-22	2019-06-20	Processing of laterite ores

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GB202020416D0 GB202020416D0 (en)	2021-02-03
GB2589759A GB2589759A (en)	2021-06-09
GB2589759B true GB2589759B (en)	2023-02-01

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GB2020416.0A Active GB2589759B (en)	2018-06-22	2019-06-20	Processing of laterite ores

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BR (1)	BR112020026042A2 (en)
CL (1)	CL2019001733A1 (en)
CO (1)	CO2019006490A1 (en)
CU (1)	CU24687B1 (en)
GB (2)	GB201815744D0 (en)
PE (1)	PE20200025A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2019244091A2 (en)

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