Selectively leaching cobalt from lateritic ores

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2008341033 (hide)

Owner BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd

Inventors Roche, Eric Girvan; Liu, Houyuan; Moroney, Adam Sean

Agent Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Pub. Number AU-B-2008341033

PCT Pub. Number WO2009/079715

Priority 2007907098 24.12.07 AU

Filing date 24 December 2008

Wipo publication date 2 July 2009

Acceptance publication date 17 May 2012

International Classifications

C22B 23/00 (2006.01) Obtaining nickel or cobalt

C22B 3/00 (2006.01) Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes

C22B 3/04 (2006.01) Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes

Event Publications

17 June 2010 PCT application entered the National Phase

  PCT publication WO2009/079715 Priority application(s): WO2009/079715

17 May 2012 Application Accepted

  Published as AU-B-2008341033

13 September 2012 Standard Patent Sealed

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