Rare-Earth Concentrate Production From Technogenic Mineral Formations

Abstract

Based on the analysis technology of processing of uranium-containing raw materials, identified potential sources of rare earth elements from among the industrial products and waste: uranium sorption tails, sulfuric acid solutions of heap leaching of uranium, man-made mineral formations from phosphate processing of uranium ores. Based on the analysis technology of processing of uranium-containing raw materials, identified potential sources of rare earth elements from among the industrial products and waste: uranium sorption tails, sulfuric acid solutions of heap leaching of uranium, man-made mineral formations from phosphate processing of uranium ores.


Keywords: rare-earth elements, technogenic mineral formations, leaching, extraction, concentrate

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