CA2571492A1 - Method for nickel and cobalt recovery from laterite ores by reaction with concentrated acid water leaching - Google Patents
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- C22B23/0461—Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching by chemical methods
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| US58324304P | 2004-06-28 | 2004-06-28 | |
| US60/583,243 | 2004-06-28 | ||
| PCT/CA2005/001003 WO2006000098A1 (en) | 2004-06-28 | 2005-06-27 | Method for nickel and cobalt recovery from laterite ores by reaction with concentrated acid water leaching |
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| CA2571492A1 true CA2571492A1 (en) | 2006-01-05 |
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| CA 2571492 Abandoned CA2571492A1 (en) | 2004-06-28 | 2005-06-27 | Method for nickel and cobalt recovery from laterite ores by reaction with concentrated acid water leaching |
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| US (1) | US20060002835A1 (pt) |
| EP (1) | EP1784516A4 (pt) |
| JP (1) | JP2008504439A (pt) |
| KR (1) | KR20070053211A (pt) |
| CN (1) | CN100410399C (pt) |
| AU (1) | AU2005256213A1 (pt) |
| BR (1) | BRPI0512430A (pt) |
| CA (1) | CA2571492A1 (pt) |
| DO (1) | DOP2005000119A (pt) |
| GT (1) | GT200500177A (pt) |
| TW (1) | TW200606107A (pt) |
| WO (1) | WO2006000098A1 (pt) |
| ZA (1) | ZA200700592B (pt) |
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