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US 2019/0292630 A1Published application
Method for recovering a minor metal and/or rare-earth metal
AssigneesJX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation, Toho Titanium Co., Ltd.
InventorsKota NAKASHIMA, Akira YOSHIMURA, Seiichiro TANI
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to recover a minor metal and/or rare-earth metal. The present invention provides a method for recovering a minor metal and/or rare-earth metal from a post-chlorination residue in titanium smelting. The minor metal and/or rare-earth metal is one or more metal selected from the group consisting of Sc, V, Nb, Zr, Y, La, Ce, Pr, and Nd.
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A method for recovering a minor metal and/or rare-earth metal from a post-chlorination residue in titanium smelting, the method comprising:
- classifying the post-chlorination residue into bigger particles and smaller particles;
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- recovering the smaller particles,
- wherein the minor metal and/or rare-earth metal is one or more metal selected from the group consisting of Sc, V, Nb, Zr, Y, La, Ce, Pr, and Nd.
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