hydrometallurgy
noun
the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
hydrometallurgical
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a word derived from
hydrometallurgy.
Example Sentences
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Energy consumption and CO2 emissions are significantly less than in conventional hydrometallurgical recycling processes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2024
Gecamines' Shituru hydrometallurgical facility, which processes copper and cobalt, is seen in this general view, outside Likasi in the southern region of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo, January 31, 2013.
From Reuters ● Jul. 5, 2022
Chief Executive Trent Mell expects Electra to be producing cobalt sulphate by the fourth quarter of next year, which is also when its expanded hydrometallurgical battery recycling facility will be producing 5,000 tonnes of cobalt.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2021
Without the resources to build his own chemical plant, Duesenfeld sends his end product – a grainy composite of precious metals known as “black mass” – to a hydrometallurgical facility for final processing.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2020
He knows of 2,683,000 tons of recoverable manganese hidden in small ore bodies; eight mills and three hydrometallurgical plants could turn it into a four years' supply within five years.
From Time Magazine Archive
