METHOD OF A LOPARITE CONCENTRATE PROCESSING Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC C22B34/24 C22B34/12 C22B59/00 C22B3/06 C22B3/26 

FIELD: hydrometallurgy; ore concentrates processing.

SUBSTANCE: the invention is pertaining to the field of hydrometallurgy, in particular, to processing of the loparite concentrate. The method includes a decomposing of the loparite concentrate at the temperatures of 103-105°C and the concentration of hydrofluoric acid of 38-42 mass % with production of the pulp containing fluorides of titanium, rare earth elements (REE), niobium, tantalum and sodium. The pulp is filtered at the temperature of 90-95°C with extraction into the fluorotitanium solution of fluorides of niobium and tantalum and no less than 58 % of sodium in terms of_{Na2O and separation of the sediment containing fluorides of rare earth elements (REE) and a residual sodium. The produced solution is cooled down to 18-24°C with separation of the second sediment of sodium fluorotitanate. After that they extract niobium and a tantalum from the solution by octanol-1 extraction at a ratio of the organic and water phases as 1.1 : 1. The sediment of REE fluorides is washed from fluorotitanate by sodium water in a single phase at the temperature of 90-95°C and at the solid :liquid ratio = 1:2-2.5. The cleansing solution is separated and evaporated with extraction of the additional sediment of sodium fluorotitanate. After extraction of niobium and tantalum the fluorotitanium solution is evaporated and filtered with separation of the first sediment of sodium fluorotitanate from the concentrated solution of fluorotitanium acid, which is directed to extraction of titanium. The gained first, second and additional sediments of sodium fluorotitanate are combined and subjected to conversion with production of sodium fluorosilicate and the conversional fluorotitanium acid added to fluorotitanium solution before its evaporation. The technical result of the invention is a decrease in 2.0-2.5 times of the volume of the cleansing solutions at provision of a high degree of extraction of compounds of titanium and other target products. The produced sodium fluorotitanate contains the decreased amount of the impurity ingredients of calcium and strontium.}

EFFECT: the invention ensures a decrease in two-two and a half times of the volume of the used cleansing solutions at provision of a high degree of extraction of compounds of titanium and other target products and a decreased amount of impurities of calcium and strontium in the sodium fluorotitanate.

7 cl, 1 dwg, 1 tbl, 3 ex