Hydrometallurgical processing of nickel lateritic ores

  • Srećko R. Stopić RWTH Aachen University, Faculty for Georesourcen and Materials Engineering, IME Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling, Aachen
  • Bernd G. Friedrich RWTH Aachen University, Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering, IME Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling, Aachen, Germany
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/vojtehg64-10592
Keywords: Nickel, cobalt, lateritic ore, hydrometallurgy, autoclave,

Abstract


Nickel production is a very important activity for the European Union because nickel is a unique constituent of stainless steel. Europe has lateritic (oxidic) ore deposits along a very well-known belt starting from the Alps and ending to the Himalayas. The lateritic belt passes through western Balkans and Greece and continues through Turkey to Asia. The known lateritic deposits in Serbia are located in three different areas called: Zapadna Morava (Rudjinci, Veluce, Ba), Sumadija (Lipovac, Kolarevici, Bucje) and Mokra Gora, which have many natural resources such as forests, rivers, etc. Therefore, it is  very important to understand and show hydrometallurgical treatments of lateritic ores via mining and metallurgy in different parts of the world. In this paper, several exploitation scenarios for hydrometallurgical treatment and benefication of lateritic ores will be shown: Direct Nickel Process, Ravensthorpe and Murrin Murrin in Australia and Meta Cobalt Nickel in Turkey.

 

Author Biography

Srećko R. Stopić, RWTH Aachen University, Faculty for Georesourcen and Materials Engineering, IME Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling, Aachen

Dr.-Ing. tehnickih nauka

Metalurgija, naucni saradnik

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Published
2016/11/25
Issue
Vol. 64 No. 4 (2016): October – December
Section
Review Papers

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