Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Processing of iron-rich rare earth bearing ores
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Application No.: US16096905Application Date: 2017-04-26
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Publication No.: US10894998B2Publication Date: 2021-01-19
- Inventor: Kabwika Bisaka , Itumeleng Thobadi
- Applicant: MINTEK
- Applicant Address: ZA Randburg
- Assignee: MINTEK
- Current Assignee: MINTEK
- Current Assignee Address: ZA Randburg
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Priority: ZA2016/02817 20160426
- International Application: PCT/ZA2017/050026 WO 20170426
- International Announcement: WO2017/190162 WO 20171102
- Main IPC: C22B59/00
- IPC: C22B59/00 ; C22B5/10 ; C22B9/10
Abstract:
A method of processing an iron-rich rare earth bearing ore which includes the steps of smelting the ore to concentrate rare earth oxide minerals in the ore into a slag phase and extracting the rare earth oxide minerals from the slag.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190136343A1 PROCESSING OF IRON-RICH RARE EARTH BEARING ORES Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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