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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Simon Otto Fekete, Falconbridge, CA;
Quentin Reginald Chapman, Toronto, CA;
Lynn Shapley Price, Weston, CA;
Assignee:
Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ; C01G / ; C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423 92 ; 423140 ; 423144 ;
Abstract
A hydrometallurgical process for separating iron and nickel contained in iron and nickel-bearing sulphide materials, comprising selective leaching of iron with respect to nickel with hydrochloric or other mineral acid to provide a leach solution and leached solids. The nickel contained in the leach solution is separated from the dissolved iron as nickel sulphide by precipitation with hydrogen sulphide in the presence of an iron-bearing substance in which the iron is present in a form selected from the group comprising oxides, hydroxides and combinations thereof.