Orbite Technologies Inc.

Orbite Aluminae Inc.

Aem Technologies Inc.

Marie-Maxime Labrecque-Gilbert

Richard Boudreault

Denis Primeau

Joël Fournier

Hubert Dumont

Jean-François Samuel

Jonathan Bouffard

Sophie Lepage

Ann-Christine Huard

Claudia Gravel-Rouleau

There are provided processes for preparing alumina. These processes can comprise leaching an aluminum-containing material with HCl so as to obtain a leachate comprising aluminum ions and a solid, and separating said solid from said leachate; reacting said leachate with HCl so as to obtain a liquid and a precipitate comprising said aluminum ions in the form of AlCl, and separating said precipitate from said liquid; and heating said precipitate under conditions effective for converting AlClinto AlOand optionally recovering gaseous HCl so-produced. These processes can also be used for preparing various other products such as hematite, MgO, silica and oxides of various metals, sulphates and chlorides of various metals, as well as rare earth elements, rare metals and aluminum.

Processes for preparing alumina and various other products

There are provided processes for treating red mud. For example, the processes can comprise leaching red mud with HCl so as to obtain a leachate comprising ions of a first metal (for example aluminum) and a solid, and separating said solid from said leachate. Several other metals can be extracted from the leachate (Fe, Ni, Co, Mg, rare earth elements, rare metals, etc.). Various other components can be extracted from solid such as TiO, SiOetc.

Processes for treating red mud

There are provided processes for purifying aluminum ions. Such processes comprise precipitating the aluminum ions under the form of Al(OH)at a first pH range; converting Al(OH)into AlClby reacting Al(OH)with HCl and precipitating said AlCl; and heating the AlClunder conditions effective for converting AlClinto AlOand optionally recovering gaseous HCl so-produced. The processes can also comprise converting alumina into aluminum.

Methods for purifying aluminium ions

The disclosed processes can be effective for treating various materials comprising several different metals. These materials can be leached with HCl for obtaining a leachate and a solid. Then, they can be separated from one another and a first metal can be isolated from the leachate. Then, a second metal can further be isolated from the leachate. The first and second metals can each be substantially selectively isolated from the leachate. This can be done by controlling the temperature of the leachate, adjusting pH, further reacting the leachate with HCl, etc. The metals that can be recovered in the form of metal chlorides can eventually be converted into the corresponding metal oxides, thereby allowing for recovering HCl. The various metals can be chosen from aluminum, iron, zinc, copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, cobalt, magnesium, lithium, manganese, nickel, palladium, platinum, thorium, phosphorus, uranium, titanium, rare earth element and rare metals.

Processes for preparing alumina and magnesium chloride by HCl leaching of various materials

There are provided processes for preparing various products from various materials. For example, such processes are effective for extracting titanium and various other metals from various materials, thereby allowing for preparing products such as titanium chloride and titanium oxide. These processes can comprise leaching the starting material with HCl so as to obtain a leachate and a solid. The solid can be treated so as to substantially selectively extract titanium therefrom while the leachate can be treated so as to substantially selectively recover a first metal chloride therefrom.

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Marie-Maxime Labrecque-Gilbert