SAPROLITE NEUTRALISATION OF HEAP LEACH PROCESS

摘要

A heap leach process for the recovery of nickel and/or cobalt from a laterite ore, said process including the steps of : a) providing one or more heaps of a nickeliferous laterite ore; b) leaching the ore in a heap leach step by applying acid to one or more heaps to provide a pregnant leach solution; c) neutralising the pregnant leach solution with ground saprolite ore; and d) recovering the nickel and/or cobalt from the neutralised pregnant leach solution.