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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 8, 2016
Mineral Engineering Conference MEC2016
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Article Number | 01063 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160801063 | |
Published online | 16 September 2016 |
World production and possible recovery of cobalt from the Kupferschiefer stratiform copper ore
1 Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK
2 Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
a Corresponding author: paulina.pazik@pwr.edu.pl
Cobalt is recognized as a strategic metal and also E-tech element, which is crucial for worlds development. An increasing demand for cobalt forces for searching of new resources that could be explored in European countries. There are many examples of cobalt recoveries, mostly from laterite and sulphide deposits. However, the accurate choice of the technology depends on many factors. The Kupferschiefer stratiform copper ore located in Poland is the biggest deposit of cobalt in Europe. Although KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. recovers many precious metals from this ore, cobalt is not recovered yet. This metal occurs as an accompanying element, mostly in the form of cobaltite (CaAsS), with the average content of 50–80 g/Mg. In this paper a possible recovery of cobalt from the Kupferschiefer ore, with the use of hydrometallurgical methods, was investigated.
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