The International Nickel Company, Inc.

William Edward Jones

Kohur Nagaraja Subramanian

Rotrou A Hall

Sulfate solutions containing at least one valuable metal from the group: Fe, Ni and Co, particularly solutions resulting from the leaching of lateritic ores or concentrates, are treated to recover the valuable metal. The latter is precipitated by treating the solution with magnesium hydroxide. The resulting magnesium-containing solution is treated with lime under controlled conditions to precipitate relatively fine particles of magnesium hydroxide and relatively coarse particles of gypsum. The difference in particle size is relied on to separate the magnesium hydroxide (for recycling) from the gypsum (which is calcined to regenerate lime).

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William Edward Jones