Solvometallurgy for recovering metals from secondary resources KU Leuven
Metals are mainly recovered from primary resources such as ores, concentrates or from secondary resources such as waste residues. Solvometallurgy uses non-aqueous media for the recovery of valuable metals from these sources. Unit operations of a simplified solvometallurgical flowsheet are: 1) solvoleaching, in which metals from the solid material are transferred into a non-aqueous solution (i.e. lixiviant), and 2) ...