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http://dx.doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2012.21.5.3

Development of Ammoniacal Leaching Processes; A Review  

Yoo, Kyoungkeun (Department of Energy & Resources Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
Kim, Hyunjung (Department of Mineral Resources & Energy Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
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Resources Recycling / v.21, no.5, 2012 , pp. 3-17 More about this Journal
Abstract
Selective leaching processes for copper, gold, nickel, and cobalt have been investigated because there is an advantage of ammoniacal hydrometallurgy that metal such as copper could be selectively extracted restricting the dissolution of iron or calcium. In the present article, the studies for selective ammoniacal leaching of copper from motor scraps and waste printed circuit boards (PCBs), for ammoniacal leaching of gold to decrease the amount of cyanide used or to substitute cyanide by thiosulfate, and for ammoniacal leaching to recover nickel and cobalt from nickel oxide ore and intermidiate obtained from manganese nodule treatment process were summarized and further studies were proposed for domestic technology development for ammoniacal hydrometallurgy processes.
Keywords
Ammoniacal leaching; Copper; Gold; Nickel; Cobalt;
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