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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Alexey Duarte, Singapore, SG;
Houyuan Liu, Shortland, AU;
Ivan Petkov Ratchev, Jesmond, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/00 (2006.01); C22C 38/00 (2006.01); C22B 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for producing a ferronickel product from a mixed nickel iron hydroxide product, said process including the steps of: providing a mixed nickel iron hydroxide product; pelletising the mixed nickel iron hydroxide product to produce nickel iron hydroxide pellets; calcining the nickel iron hydroxide pellets to produce mixed nickel iron oxide pellets; and reducing the nickel iron oxide pellets with one or more reducing gases at high temperatures to produce ferronickel pellets.