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Leaching residue of nickeliferous laterites as a source of iron concentrate

Staboliadis Ilias, Alevizos Georgios, Zafiratos J.

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/AF004A10-8B62-4CE7-B949-854893D53B6B-
Identifierhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687503004138-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2003.08.015-
Languageen-
Extent8 pagesen
TitleLeaching residue of nickeliferous laterites as a source of iron concentrateen
CreatorStaboliadis Iliasen
CreatorΣταμπολιαδης Ηλιαςel
CreatorAlevizos Georgiosen
CreatorΑλεβιζος Γεωργιοςel
CreatorZafiratos J.en
PublisherElsevieren
Content SummaryThe lateritic nickeliferous iron ore deposits of Central and Northern Greece (Euboea, Locris, Boeotia and Kastoria) provide the feed material for the production of an iron-nickel alloy at a pyrometallurgical plant located in Larymna. Due to the low quality of feed ore, about 0.90–1.00% nickel, the metallurgical processing cost is high and the quantity of the slag produced and disposed amounts to millions of tonnes yearly. During the past 20 years, the Laboratory of Metallurgy of NTUA has been developing a novel method of hydrometallurgical processing of laterites, based on heap leaching of the ore with dilute sulphuric acid. Nickel is recovered from the pregnant leach liquor by solvent extraction and electrowinning. The solid leach residue is a material consisting mainly of hematite, quartz and chromite. The present research is an investigation on upgrading of this residue to a saleable iron concentrate. The upgrading, if proved successful, will potentially relieve the environment from the disposal of such a large quantity of slag, which today is produced by pyrometallurgical processing of laterites. The accomplishment of this target faces problems related mainly to the fine dissemination and interweaving of mineralogical phases and the present work is focused on addressing the associated mineralogical issues.en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2015-11-03-
Date of Publication2004-
SubjectLeachingen
Subject Iron oreen
SubjectTailingsen
SubjectOre mineralogyen
SubjectMagnetic separationen
Bibliographic CitationE. Stamboliadis, G. Alevizos and J. Zafiratos, "Leaching residue of nickeliferous laterites as a source of iron concentrate", Miner. Eng., vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 245-252, Feb. 2004. doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2003.08.015en

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