STAGES 1 : PREPARATION

ROUGHER
AND LEACHING AREA
MAGNETIC SEPARATOR
Slurry Overflow Raw Material :
STORAGE Fine Ore (solid)
TANK I
Reagen :
HYDROCYCLONE I TO SOLID
ORE CONCENTRATE Water
STOCKPILE STORAGE Accid Solution (H2SO4)
Lime (CaO)
WET BALL MILL SCAVANGER Iron, nickel, and
MAGNETIC SEPARATOR Cobalt compound
separated from Processed Material :
the slurry Slurry
Solid Coarse Aquos Liquid
Unmagnetic Slurry
CRUSHER Crushed Ore
Solid Concentrate
60 micron Solid Waste
output
solid-size Slurry TO HEAVY METAL
GRAVITY SEPARATOR CONCENTRATE
Slurry STORAGE

for the start-up process Certain amount of

Uranium, Thorium, Liquid Overflow
and Tantalium
Separated as
Concentrate
HOLDING TANK I LEACHING TANK

SLURRY PUMP I

HOLDING TANK I
H2SO4 STORAGE UAEx SLURRY PUMP II HYDROCYCLONE II
TANK
(Dewatering)

accid solution Solid Concentrate

WATER
TANK
PUMP
pH 0.5 - 0.7
Additional water CaO
from STAGE II & III

Aquos Solution TO STAGE 2 :

Slurry RECOVERY AREA
Aquos Solution
NEUTRALIZATION PUMP
water recovery HOLDING TANK II
BELT FILTER

VACUUM BELT FILTER

DRY TAILS
Slurry
STORAGE

as Silica, Gypsum,
THICKENER I with low contain of
Fe, Ni, Co
 UAEx STAGE 2 : Ti, Ta, and Nb
AQUOS SOLUTION
HCl
FROM STAGE 1 NaOH solid RECOVERY
DOWEX MARATHON
Water from Water Holding Tank Raw Material :
resin
Pond
aquos solution (from
Flocculant stage I)
PUMP
NaOH Mixing Tank
UAEx effluent Reagen :
Water
pH 0.5 - 2.5 Accid Solution (HCl)
T = 110 C
TiO2.2H2O precipitate
Tantalum Base Solution (NaOH)
ION EXCHANGE Recovery PUMP
NH4F.HF solution
Solvent
PUMP Resin for Ion Exchange
THICKENER II
Thick Slurry Ti HYDROLYSIS TANK Processed Material :
Slurry
VACUUM BELT Aquos Liquid
FILTER II Slurry NH4F.HF Solid Crystal NbSO4
Solid Concentrate TiO2
UAEx Liquid Waste
TO NEUTRALIZER Flocculant
IN STAGE 1 SOLVENT EXTRACTION
PUMP

THICKENER III Mixing Tank

Thick Slurry
Pregnant solutions
Organic Solvent
recovery TO STAGE 3
eluent
solid REE EXCTRACTION
STRIPPING PROCESS
PRESS FILTER
ROTARY KILN I H2SO4

TITANIUM OXIDE UAEx

GENERATE Ta2O5.
NH3 (H2O5)2 PRECIPITATE rich solution
pH 8
Filter
NIOBDIUM SULFATE
(LIQUOR)

slurry precipitate
PRECIPITATOR

CRYSTALISATION wet crystal

TANTALUM OXIDE solid
overflow
ROTARY KILN Filter

aquos liquid NIOBDIUM SULFATE

(SOLID CRYSTAL)
TO NEUTRALIZER ROTARY DRYER
IN STAGE 1
 STAGE 3 REE RECOVERY
AQUOS LIQUID
FROM STAGE 2

TO NEUTRALIZER
IN STAGE I

UAEx
THICKENER IV
SOLVENT EXTRACTION

TO NEUTRALIZER
IN STAGE 1

Pregnant solutions CYANEX 572

Organic Solvent
recovery
FILTER

STRIPPING

H2SO4

PUMP

ROTARY DRYER
UAEx

NH4OH RARE EARTH

CONCENTRATE
SLURRY
PUMP
(DRY)

PRECIPITATION TANK
Ce, Nd, La, and
Generate M(OH)3 as Pr concentrat
REE Precipitate