Processes for extraction of uranium from uranium- containing...

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C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

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C01G 43/00 (2006.01)

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CA 1241544

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Ferric nitrate leaching at 75°C is found to remove up to 97% of the uranium and 93% of the radium from ores occurring in the Elliot Lake area of Canada, after an initial flotation- separation of the sulfide minerals from the ore. In processes of the invention an aqueous acidic ferric nitrate solution of relatively low concentration, e.g. 0.01M to 0.1M is used, giving tailings which are effectively sulfide-free (less than 0.45 wt%) and with radium levels approaching a desired maximum value of 24 pCi/g. Radium may be removed from the leachate by adsorption and uranium by solvent extraction. 80-87% of the ferric nitrate may be recirculated for further leaching. Because of the low reagent concentrations and the recycle of the ferric nitrate, it is possible to keep nitrate ion levels in the effluent below the prescribed level of 10 ppm.

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