Henkel Corporation

Cognis IP Management Gmbh

Frank McDonnell

Michael J Virnig

Rainer Eskuchen

George A Wolfe

Horst Josten

Mary Collins

Daniel McSweeney

Dustin Gordon

Paul O'Driscoll

Eugen Heinrichs

A method of creating solvent extraction reagent formulations that have high conductivity by combining (a) phenolic oxime extraction reagent(s) or other extraction reagent(s) in the organic phase of a solvent extraction circuit of a metal recovery operation, comprising combining the phenolic oxime extraction reagent(s) or other reagent(s) with one or more ketone, nitrile and/or amide compounds, or mixtures thereof, to create an extraction reagent formulation with a conductivity of at least 4,000 pS/m, measured according to the provisions of BS 5958 Part I, as well as a method of creating an organic phase that has a high conductivity, preferably a conductivity of at least 250 pS/m, comprising adding to that organic phase in an extraction circuit a phenolic oxime extraction reagent formulation with one or more ketoxime, aldoxime, mixtures thereof, or one or more other extraction reagents, and one or more ketone, nitrile, or amide compounds, or mixture thereof, and novel ketone, nitrile and amide compounds.

Highly-conductive copper extractant formulations

Ketoximes, processes therefor, and copper extraction process

Growing community of inventors

County Cork, Ireland

Frank McDonnell