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ROUGHER
AND LEACHING AREA
MAGNETIC SEPARATOR
Slurry Overflow Raw Material :
STORAGE Fine Ore (solid)
TANK I
Reagen :
HYDROCYCLONE I TO SOLID
ORE CONCENTRATE Water
STOCKPILE STORAGE Accid Solution (H2SO4)
Lime (CaO)
WET BALL MILL SCAVANGER Iron, nickel, and
MAGNETIC SEPARATOR Cobalt compound
separated from Processed Material :
the slurry Slurry
Solid Coarse Aquos Liquid
Unmagnetic Slurry
CRUSHER Crushed Ore
Solid Concentrate
60 micron Solid Waste
output
solid-size Slurry TO HEAVY METAL
GRAVITY SEPARATOR CONCENTRATE
Slurry STORAGE
SLURRY PUMP I
HOLDING TANK I
H2SO4 STORAGE UAEx SLURRY PUMP II HYDROCYCLONE II
TANK
(Dewatering)
DRY TAILS
Slurry
STORAGE
as Silica, Gypsum,
THICKENER I with low contain of
Fe, Ni, Co
UAEx STAGE 2 : Ti, Ta, and Nb
AQUOS SOLUTION
HCl
FROM STAGE 1 NaOH solid RECOVERY
DOWEX MARATHON
Water from Water Holding Tank Raw Material :
resin
Pond
aquos solution (from
Flocculant stage I)
PUMP
NaOH Mixing Tank
UAEx effluent Reagen :
Water
pH 0.5 - 2.5 Accid Solution (HCl)
T = 110 C
TiO2.2H2O precipitate
Tantalum Base Solution (NaOH)
ION EXCHANGE Recovery PUMP
NH4F.HF solution
Solvent
PUMP Resin for Ion Exchange
THICKENER II
Thick Slurry Ti HYDROLYSIS TANK Processed Material :
Slurry
VACUUM BELT Aquos Liquid
FILTER II Slurry NH4F.HF Solid Crystal NbSO4
Solid Concentrate TiO2
UAEx Liquid Waste
TO NEUTRALIZER Flocculant
IN STAGE 1 SOLVENT EXTRACTION
PUMP
Thick Slurry
Pregnant solutions
Organic Solvent
recovery TO STAGE 3
eluent
solid REE EXCTRACTION
STRIPPING PROCESS
PRESS FILTER
ROTARY KILN I H2SO4
GENERATE Ta2O5.
NH3 (H2O5)2 PRECIPITATE rich solution
pH 8
Filter
NIOBDIUM SULFATE
(LIQUOR)
slurry precipitate
PRECIPITATOR
TO NEUTRALIZER
IN STAGE I
UAEx
THICKENER IV
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
TO NEUTRALIZER
IN STAGE 1
STRIPPING
H2SO4
PUMP
ROTARY DRYER
UAEx
PRECIPITATION TANK
Ce, Nd, La, and
Generate M(OH)3 as Pr concentrat
REE Precipitate