Conference
Canadian pyrrhotite treatment: the history, inventory and potential for tailings processing
Abstract
Canadian nickel-copper ore deposits have been a major source of nickel, copper, cobalt and precious metals for more than 120 years. The two main minerals of interest, pentlandite (Pn, (Ni,Fe)9S8) and chalcopyrite (Cp, CuFeS2), are usually accompanied by large quantities of pyrrhotite (Po, Fe1-xS). Until the 1950s, Po containing small amounts of nickel was routinely smelted as part of the valuable Ni concentrate. The rapid growth in Ni demand …
Authors
Rezaei S; Liu F; Marcuson S; Muinonen M; Lakshmanan VL; Sridhar R; Barati M
Volume
56
Pagination
pp. 410-417
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
October 2, 2017
DOI
10.1080/00084433.2017.1361671
Conference proceedings
Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly
Issue
4
ISSN
0008-4433