Published April 1978 | Version v1
Journal article

An evaluation of five flowsheets for the recovery of uranium from Wits leach pulps

  • 1. Atomic Energy Board, Pelindaba, Pretoria (South Africa)
  • 2. General Mining and Finance Corporation Ltd., Johannesburg

Description

This article evaluates five flowsheets for uranium recovery and an incremental net present value is calculated for each by the discounting of cash flows at 25 per cent per year over a projected life of 15 years. The highest net present value results from the circuit that employs belt filtration followed by continuous ion exchange, plus solvent extraction, in the particular case of the material used in the examples

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Journal Title
S. Afr. Min. Eng. J.
Journal Volume
89
Journal Issue
4139
Series
S. Afr. Min. Eng. J.
Journal Page Range
50-51, 53, 55, 93