Published 2000 | Version v1
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Recent process developments at the COMINAK uranium mill

  • 1. COGEMA, Service d'Etudes de Procede et Analyses, Bessines-sur-Gartempe (France)

Description

This paper reviews the mill flowsheet applied at the COMINAK uranium mill (Compagnie Miniere d'Akouta) in Niger. For ore treatment, it focuses on the major improvements to the operations using sulfonitric pugging and solids/liquid separation using belt filter double filtration after leaching. The precipitation circuits have been improved with molybdenum elimination through caustic washing of the yellow cake. (author)

Part of:
Uranium 2000 : International symposium on the process metallurgy of uranium

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Imprint Place
Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
ISBN
1-894475-05-4
Imprint Title
Uranium 2000 : International symposium on the process metallurgy of uranium
Imprint Pagination
899 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 209-223

Conference

Title
30. annual hydrometallurgical meeting of the Metallurgical Society of CIM
Dates
9-15 Sep 2000
Place
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
35089440
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FEED MATERIALS PLANTS; LEACHING; NIGER; URANIUM MINES; URANIUM OXIDES U3O8
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; AFRICA; CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISSOLUTION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MINES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES

Optional Information

Notes
4 refs., 2 tabs., 9 figs.