EP2226403A4 - Method of concentrating nickel in saprolite ore - Google Patents

Method of concentrating nickel in saprolite ore

Info

Publication number: EP2226403A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: saprolite ore; concentrating nickel; concentrating; nickel; saprolite
Prior art date: 2008-09-18
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP09814358A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2226403A1 (en

EP2226403B1 (en

Inventor

Iichi Nakamura

Jun-Ichi Takahashi

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd

Original Assignee

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2008-09-18

Filing date

2009-04-30

Publication date

2010-12-01

2008-09-18 Priority claimed from JP2008238904A external-priority patent/JP5163387B2/en

2009-04-30 Application filed by Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd filed Critical Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd

2010-09-08 Publication of EP2226403A1 publication Critical patent/EP2226403A1/en

2010-12-01 Publication of EP2226403A4 publication Critical patent/EP2226403A4/en

2012-06-27 Application granted granted Critical

2012-06-27 Publication of EP2226403B1 publication Critical patent/EP2226403B1/en

Status Not-in-force legal-status Critical Current

2029-04-30 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/005—Preliminary treatment of ores, e.g. by roasting or by the Krupp-Renn process
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B1/00—Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B23/00—Obtaining nickel or cobalt
- C22B23/02—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
- C22B23/023—Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes with formation of ferro-nickel or ferro-cobalt

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Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
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Metallurgy (AREA)
Organic Chemistry (AREA)
Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
Geology (AREA)
General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Manufacture And Refinement Of Metals (AREA)

EP09814358A 2008-09-18 2009-04-30 Method of concentrating nickel in saprolite ore Not-in-force EP2226403B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP2008238904A JP5163387B2 (en)	2007-11-13	2008-09-18	Method for nickel concentration of saprolite ore
PCT/JP2009/058450 WO2010032513A1 (en)	2008-09-18	2009-04-30	Method of concentrating nickel in saprolite ore

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2226403A1 EP2226403A1 (en)	2010-09-08
EP2226403A4 true EP2226403A4 (en)	2010-12-01
EP2226403B1 EP2226403B1 (en)	2012-06-27

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP09814358A Not-in-force EP2226403B1 (en)	2008-09-18	2009-04-30	Method of concentrating nickel in saprolite ore

Country Status (3)

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EP (1)	EP2226403B1 (en)
BR (1)	BRPI0906560B1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2010032513A1 (en)

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2009
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- 2009-04-30 BR BRPI0906560A patent/BRPI0906560B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2009-04-30 EP EP09814358A patent/EP2226403B1/en not_active Not-in-force

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BRPI0906560A2 (en)	2016-08-09

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