Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
075739000 | Utilizing chemical agent to precipitate free metal | 15 |
20090133536 | PROCESS FOR SEPARATING AND RECOVERING BASE METALS FROM USED HYDROPROCESSING CATALYST - A method is disclosed for separating and recovering base metals from a used hydroprocessing catalyst originating from Group VIB and Group VIII metals and containing at least a Group VB metal. In one embodiment, the used catalyst is contacted with an ammonia leaching solution to dissolve and separate the Group VIB and VIII metals from the Group VB metal complex and coke associated with the used catalyst. The resulting Group VIB and VIII metal containing solution is processed through at least two additional precipitation and liquid/solid separation steps to produce, in separate processing streams, a Group VIB metal product solution (such as ammonium molybdate) and a Group VIII metal product solution (such as nickel sulfate). Additionally, two separate filtrate streams are generated from liquid-solid separation steps, which filtrate streams are combined and subjected to hydrolysis and oxidation (oxydrolysis) to generate a purified ammonium sulfate solution for further processing, such as for fertilizer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090158895 | Process for the Production of Titanium Products - The invention provides a method for the Industrial purification of a titanium feed stream of purity P1, by the formation of a titanium-double-salt precipitate of purity P2 and a titanium solution with purity P3, wherein P2>P1>P3, the method comprising the steps of: i. forming, from the feed, a medium comprising water, titanium ion, a cation selected from the group consisting of ammonium, cations of alkali metals, protons and a combination thereof, and an anion selected from the group consisting of OH, SO4, HSO4, halides and a combination thereof, which formed medium is further characterized by the presence of (a) a double-salt precipitate comprising titanium ion, at least one of the cations and at least one of the anions; and (b) a titanium solution; and wherein the concentration of the anion in the titanium solution is higher than 15% and the ratio between the concentrations of the cation and the anion in the titanium solution is higher than 0.2 and lower than 1.6; and ii. separating at least a portion of the precipitate from the solution. | 06-25-2009 |
20090272230 | Recovery of Rare Earth Elements - A process for recovering rare earth elements from a composite ore containing rare earth elements that includes a monazite group mineral and an apatite mineral, includes pre-leaching the composite ore with an acid so as to substantially dissolve the apatite mineral into the leach liquor and precipitating rare earth elements from the pre-leach liquor. The residue of the pre-leaching step is subjected to an acid bake treatment, followed by a water leach, to produce a water leach liquor rich in rare earth elements. Impurities including thorium and iron are separated from the water leach liquor by introducing a neutralizing additive to the water leach liquor rich in rare earth elements, and rare earth elements are precipitated from the post-neutralization liquor. | 11-05-2009 |
20120186397 | RECLAIMING OF LEAD IN FORM OF HIGH PURITY LEAD COMPOUND FROM RECOVERED ELECTRODE PASTE SLIME OF DISMISSED LEAD BATTERIES AND/OR OF LEAD MINERALS - An all-wet process for reclaiming the lead content of impure electrode paste or slime from discarded lead batteries and/or lead minerals, in form of high purity lead compound, comprises a) suspending the impure lead containing material in a lead sulphate dissolving aqueous solution of a salt belonging to the group composed of the acetates of sodium, potassium and ammonium; b) adding to the suspension sulphuric acid in an amount sufficient to convert all lead oxides to lead sulphate soluble in the acetate salt solution and slowly adding to the suspension either hydrogen peroxide or a sulphite or bubbling sulphurous anhydride through it, in a measure adapted to reduce any lead dioxide to lead oxide converted eventually to soluble lead sulphate by the sulphuric acid; c) separating a limpid acetate salt solution containing dissolved lead sulphate from a solid phase residue including all undissolved compounds and impurities; d) adding to the separated solution of lead sulphate either carbonate or hydroxide of the same cation of the acetate salt of the lead sulphate dissolving solution for precipitating highly pure lead carbonate/oxycarbonate or lead oxide or hydroxide, respectively, while forming sulphate of the cation, soluble in the acetate salt solution; and e) separating the precipitated high purity lead compound from the acetate salt solution now containing also sulphate of the same cation of the acetate salt. The acetate salt solution containing also sulphate of the same cation of the acetate salt separated from the precipitated compound of lead is re-cycled to step a) and the content of sulphate of the same cation in the solution is maintained below saturation limit by continuously or periodically cooling at least a portion of the solution separated from the precipitated lead compound to cause selective crystallization of sulphate salt of the same cation of the acetate salt and removing it as a by-product. Optionally, the separated solid phase comprising insoluble compounds of lead and/or undissolved concretions of lead compounds is treated in hot concentrated hydroxide of the same cation of the selected acetate salt and converting these compounds of lead and/or undissolved concretions of lead compounds to soluble plumbites, and the separated lead containing alkaline liquor may be added to the limpid acetate solution for precipitating all reclaimable lead in form of high purity lead oxide or hydroxide. | 07-26-2012 |
20130091989 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING RARE EARTH, VANADIUM AND NICKEL - A method for recovering rare earth, vanadium and nickel from waste vanadium-nickel catalysts, comprising steps of: acid leaching, by soaking waste vanadium-nickel catalysts into a sulfuric acid solution and obtaining a mixture containing alumina silica slag; sedimentation, by filtering out the alumina silica slag from the mixture to obtain a filtrate, and then adding a salt into the filtrate to precipitate rare earth followed by isolating a sediment of rare earth double salts and a liquid solution via filtration; and extraction, by providing and adding an alkali into the sediment of rare earth double salts followed by further soaking the rare earth double salts in an acid solution to precipitate rare earth, and adding an oxidizer into the liquid solution to adjust the pH value thereof and then extracting vanadium and nickel from the liquid solution via an ion-exchange resin. | 04-18-2013 |
20150013499 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM - To provide a method for recovering lithium, that is capable of efficiently recovering lithium without containing impurities, such as phosphorus and fluorine, from a lithium-containing solution containing lithium hexafluorophosphate and separated from a lithium ion battery. In the present invention, alkali hydroxide is added to the lithium-containing solution and the solution is made to have pH 9 or more, a precipitate of a phosphate and a fluoride salt is formed, the formed precipitate is separated and removed, and then lithium is recovered from filtrate. | 01-15-2015 |
20160010176 | Method of Recovering Nickel or Cobalt While Mitigating Corrosion | 01-14-2016 |
20160376682 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING VANADIUM AND TUNGSTEN FROM LEACH SOLUTION OF WASTE DENITRIFICATION CATALYST - The present invention relates to a method for recovering vanadium and tungsten from a leach solution of a waste denitrification catalyst, and more specifically, to a method for recovering vanadium and tungsten from a leach solution of a waste denitrification catalyst comprising the steps of: recovering vanadium by adding acid and then adding a calcium compound to a leach solution of a waste denitrification catalyst to precipitate the vanadium; and recovering tungsten by adding acid and then adding a calcium compound to the remaining leach solution after recovering the vanadium to precipitate the tungsten. | 12-29-2016 |
075740000 | Copper(Cu) recovered as free metal | 2 |
20100031779 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF COPPER FROM COPPER-CONTAINING CHLORIDE MEDIA - A process for recovering copper from an acid aqueous solution containing cupric chlorides and alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal chlorides by a solvent extraction with a cation-exchange extractant, comprising the step of processing a solvent extraction in the presence of sulfate ions. | 02-11-2010 |
20150376734 | VALUABLE-METAL EXTRACTION METHOD - In order to selectively extract copper and/or lead from an acidic solution containing high concentrations of manganese, etc., the valuable-metal extracting agent of the present invention is expressed by general formula (1). In the formula, R | 12-31-2015 |
075741000 | Noble metal recovered as free metal | 5 |
20090038440 | Method for the Recovery of Gold from Sulphide Concentrate - The invention relates to a method for recovering gold from a sulphidic concentrate, particularly one containing arsenopyrite and/or pyrite, hydro-metallurgically. The concentrate is first subjected to leaching with a concentrated solution of alkali chloride and copper (II) chloride, by means of which the copper minerals and some of the gold in the concentrate are made to dissolve. Elemental sulphur and precipitated iron and arsenic compounds are separated from the leaching residue using physical separation methods, whereby the first intermediate is obtained, which contains gold-bearing sulphide minerals and gangue minerals as well as the gold that remains undissolved. The free gold that remains undissolved is separated by means of gravity separation methods. After gravity separation, additional comminution is carried out, after which the sulphide minerals are decomposed and the gold-containing solution or residue is routed to the concentrate leaching circuit. | 02-12-2009 |
20090178513 | Extractants for palladium and method of rapidly separating and recovering palladium using the same - Provided is a novel extractant for palladium capable of improving an extraction rate compared to the conventional extractant, DHS, and also capable of back-extracting palladium using an ammonia solution, and a method of separating and recovering palladium using the novel extractant. The present invention provides a method for obtaining an aqueous solution containing palladium only by: bringing an acidic aqueous solution containing at least palladium into contact with an organic solution containing a sulfide-containing monoamide as an active integredient represented by the following structural formula (I), | 07-16-2009 |
20110132146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING INDIUM FROM ETCHING WASTE SOLUTION CONTAINING INDIUM AND FERRIC CHLORIDE - An object is to provide a method and an apparatus for recovering indium, the method and apparatus ensuring that it is unnecessary to recover indium in the form of indium hydroxide, indium can be recovered at a high concentration, indium can be recovered easily by a filter or the like without handling inferiors and also, the recovery rate of indium is greatly improved. The method includes adding a precipitation-inducing metal including a metal having higher ionization tendency than indium to an etching waste solution containing at least indium and ferric chloride, in which the concentration of ferric chloride is adjusted to 20% by weight or less to thereby precipitate indium contained in the etching waste solution on the surface of the precipitation-inducing metal, then, detaching the indium precipitated on the precipitation-inducing metal from the precipitation-inducing metal by a detaching means and separating the detached solid indium or indium alloy from the solution to recover the indium. | 06-09-2011 |
20110308356 | METHOD FOR SORPTION RECOVERY OF PRECIOUS METALS - The method for sorptive extraction of precious metals from mineral raw materials containing alkaline and alkaline earth metal chlorides relates to hydrometallurgy and can be used for extracting precious metals (palladium, platinum, gold and silver) from different types of raw mineral materials. It includes sorption of precious metals from a pulp using a synthetic sorbent that contains strong and weak base functional groups, followed by desorption. Sorbent is washed in two stages with the liquid phase of the waste pulp and water, and then precious metals are desorbed using a hydrochloric acid solution of thiourea. Precious metals are precipitated from the thiourea solution into a collective concentrate using an ammonium hydroxide solution. The process is carried out in a cascade of six devices with screen drainages with a fixed volume of sorbent load in each device. Precious metals are desorbed at 50-60° C. using a solution containing thiourea and hydrochloric acid. | 12-22-2011 |
20130283976 | CHLORIDE PROCESS FOR THE LEACHING OF GOLD - A process for the extraction of gold from a gold-bearing ore or concentrate, comprising the steps of leaching the gold-bearing ore or concentrate with a lixiviant of hydrochloric acid and magnesium chloride at atmospheric pressure at a temperature of at least 90° C. and an Eh of at least 900 mV. After a liquid/solids separation step, the solution obtained is subjected to an organic solvent extraction step using an oxime to obtain a solution of organic solvent containing gold, which is stripped with sodium thiosulphate to recover gold. The extraction may be operated to extract gold with or without iron. Materials used in the process may be recycled. The process avoids environmental and other hazards associated with the use of cyanide to extract gold. | 10-31-2013 |