Global Patent Index - EP 2288735 A1

EP 2288735 A1 20110302 - RHEOLOGICAL METHOD FOR THE HYDROMETALLURGICAL RECOVERY OF BASE METALS FROM ORES

Title (en)

RHEOLOGICAL METHOD FOR THE HYDROMETALLURGICAL RECOVERY OF BASE METALS FROM ORES

Title (de)

RHEOLOGISCHES VERFAHREN ZUR HYDROMETALLURGISCHEN GEWINNUNG VON NICHTEDELMETALLEN AUS ERZEN

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ RHÉOLOGIQUE POUR LA RÉCUPÉRATION HYDROMÉTALLURGIQUE DE MÉTAUX DE BASE À PARTIR DE MINERAIS

Publication

EP 2288735 A1 20110302 (EN)

Application

EP 09761187 A 20090615

Priority

  • AU 2009000755 W 20090615
  • AU 2008903042 A 20080613
  • AU 2009900134 A 20090114

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2009149522A1] A rheological method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of base metals such as nickel from ores comprises the steps of combining a sulphide ore or concentrate (10) with a laterite or other oxide ore (12) and milling them together in a milling circuit (14) to form a combined slurry with improved rheological characteristics. The milled combined ore from the milling circuit (14) is subjected to a screening step in the screening circuit (18). Undersize ore is fed from the screening circuit (18) to a slurry tank (19), and the combined slurry is then pumped to a pressure acid leach circuit.

IPC 8 full level

C22B 3/04 (2006.01); C01G 53/00 (2006.01); C22B 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C01G 53/00 (2013.01); C01G 53/11 (2013.01); C22B 1/00 (2013.01); C22B 3/02 (2013.01); C22B 3/22 (2013.01); C22B 23/005 (2013.01); C22B 23/0415 (2013.01); C22B 23/043 (2013.01); C01P 2006/22 (2013.01); Y02P 10/20 (2015.11)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2009149522 A1 20091217; AU 2009257204 A1 20091217; AU 2009257204 B2 20140918; BR PI0909875 A2 20190306; CA 2727557 A1 20091217; EP 2288735 A1 20110302; EP 2288735 A4 20160511

DOCDB simple family (application)

AU 2009000755 W 20090615; AU 2009257204 A 20090615; BR PI0909875 A 20090615; CA 2727557 A 20090615; EP 09761187 A 20090615