| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Ni-Co 2021: The 5th International Symposium on Nickel and Cobalt
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| Presentation Title |
Effective Treatment of Domestic US Cobalt Ores and Concentrates |
| Author(s) |
Andy Tomaka, Corby G. Anderson |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Corby G. Anderson |
| Abstract Scope |
The global battery revolution currently relies upon battery technology requiring increasing demand for cobalt. As such cobalt is an essential Critical Material. Currently, there is very little US production of cobalt and most of this is as a by product copper and nickel production. The primary barrier to production is that primary cobalt deposits are mostly contained in the arsenic bearing minerals cobaltite, CoAsS, and scudderdite, CoAs. This current project will demonstrate the effective selective separation of cobalt from the arsenic in these minerals. A clean cobalt concentrate is produced. Arsenic can be stabilized as a ferrihydrite, scorodite of a patented cerium based technology. Potential flowsheets and pertinent economic estimates will be provided. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |