PROCESS FOR TREATING MAGNESIUM-BEARING ORES

摘要

It is described a process for extracting magnesium from magnesium-bearing materials comprising the steps of leaching the magnesium-bearing material with HCl as to obtain a leachate comprising the magnesium in solution and a solid form; purify said leachate to produce magnesiumn chloride and electrolysing the magnesium chloride producing magnesium metal.