The transition zone is characterized by mineralogy and geochemistry intermediate between the limonite and saprolite layer. The limonite is further subdivided into two layers: upper and lower limonite. Similarly, the saprolite can be divided into upper and lower saprolite zones.
اقرأ المزيدThe objective of the present study was to investigate the indirect bioleaching of low-grade nickel limonite and saprolite ores using fungal metabolic organic acids generated by Aspergillus niger.The indirect bioleaching experiments were carried out in a 2000 ml five-neck glass vessel containing 500 ml of the culture filtrate comprising fungal …
اقرأ المزيدutilized for limonite and saprolite at low temperatures. Keywords Characterization · Saprolite · Limonite · Phase · Microstructure · Thermal upgrading 1 Introduction Nickel has good plasticity, corrosion resistance, and mag-netic properties and is widely used in the iron, steel, elec-
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اقرأ المزيدThe limonite horizon is a reddish-brown soil consisting of clay minerals. It is 2–7 m thick with a undulating boundary between limonite and saprolite at some places. Two distinct zones are recognized in the limonite horizon, the lower yellow limonite and upper red limonite.
اقرأ المزيدTherefore, the direct reduction-magnetic separation process has been widely used to beneficiate the Ni and Fe from low grade saprolite laterite in recent years. Some earlier researches noted that the saprolite laterite has complex nickel (iron)-bearing mineral composition, ultrafine dissemination and maldistribution of nickel and iron [15].
اقرأ المزيدNickel is apparently enriched in both saprolite and rocky saprolite, but cobalt is only enriched in the saprolite. The principal ore minerals identified in the Ramu deposit include goethite, asbolan and garnierite. Goethite is found as ochre-coloured, porous, cryptocrystalline, needle-like matrix in the limonite and saprolite zones of the laterite.
اقرأ المزيدLateritic soil sequences are formed from the weathering of rocks in circumstances conducive to leaching and oxidation; limonite is formed higher up in the sequence, with saprolite lower in the orebody. Indonesian nickel ore grades for limonite are generally in the range of 0.8% to 1.5%; for saprolite they may exceed 1.8%.
اقرأ المزيدChemical and physical mobilization of gold was restricted to the surficial lateritic residuum in the humid phases, but depletion and supergene enrichment in the saprolite, and concentration with pedogenic carbonates, are the result …
اقرأ المزيدThe terms saprolite and regolith are used to designate a range of unconsolidated deposits that occur at the surface of the Earth (see Table S1). Regolith is the more general term of the two. It applies to the layer or mantle of fragmental and unconsolidated rock material, whether residual or transported and of highly variable …
اقرأ المزيدSAPROLITE . NEWSLETTER of the SOUTHEASTERN SECTION . GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA . Winter 2019-2020 . A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR . The Glossary of Geology defines saprolite as, "A soft, earthy, typically clay-rich, thoroughly decomposed rock, formed in place by chemical weathering of igneous, sedimentary, and
اقرأ المزيدresources and currently only nickel ore saprolite has been exploited while nickel limonite is abandoned as waste due to the lack of technology. In the last decade, nickel smelter is booming in Indonesia to process nickel saprolite to …
اقرأ المزيدThe laterite nickel ore at Goro is composed of two layers–limonite and saprolite–between a cover of leached material and the bedrock below. The 10-20-m-thick cover has its own two layers: brittle iron oxide crust covers a high-hematite zone. Beneath these is the 10-m-thick limonite layer, which grades about 1.5% Ni.
اقرأ المزيدThe DNi Ni Process™ is a unique technology which can process the full laterite ore profile (limonite, saprolite, and transition zone) with nitric acid, and which extracts all the metals contained in the feed. Boasting a 99% nitric acid recovery rate, our DNi Ni Process™ minimises environmental impact.
اقرأ المزيدThe less extreme degree of weathering of the Intex laterites indicates less advanced leaching, and thereby the re-distribution of Ni, Si, and Mg from the limonite towards the saprolite horizon may have resulted in the poor precipitation of talc-like (kerolite-pimelite) and sepiolite-like (sepiolite-falcondoite) phases in the studied …
اقرأ المزيدDi Indonesia, nikel kadar tinggi atau saprolite lebih mudah dijual, karena smelter untuk mengolah nikel tersebut sudah tersedia. Sedangkan nikel kadar rendah atau limonite masih jarang terserap. Tak heran jika potensi saprolite terus berkurang di Indonesia, hanya sekitar 930 juta ton, seperempat dari limonite yang mencapai 3,6 …
اقرأ المزيدSaprolite and limonite have different behaviour in the carbothermic reduction process due to the differences in their atomic structures. This work investigates the kinetic study of these two different kinds of lateritic nickel ores.
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