ERAMET is a French mining and metallurgical group.  Its historical activity is based on pyrometallurgical processes for nickel and manganese ore; however, Eramet has always had a solid experience in hydrometallurgy. The Sandouville refinery (France) produces high purity nickel using Eramet concentrates from New Caledonia.  As for manganese products, Eramet produces a variety of manganese fine chemicals and electrolytic manganese dioxide. In line with its strategy, Eramet has been working on developing new hydrometallurgical processes to meet the challenges of new complex ore deposits: - A new process at atmospheric pressure developed and optimized to recover nickel and cobalt from one of the largest untouched nickel laterite deposits, Weda-Bay (Indonesia).-The development of a complex process to recover valuable elements (Nb, Ta, U, and REE) from a polymetalllic ore deposit at Mabouni� (Gabon).-Lithium recovery from brines occurring in salars in South America as well as in batteries

Hydrometallurgy at ERAMET

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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