While NTU Mgt busy burning $100M of SH cash producing glossies promoting three successively downscaled fantasies it appears the Chinese have been rather more productive in developing their ionic concentrate production tech:
1 , to simplify the process . The successful development of calcium and magnesium salts leaching -P507 or P507 / P204 coupled centrifugal Enrichment new technology, eliminating the leachate impurity original process, precipitation, calcination, acid-soluble concentrate then purify, filtration and other processes, process shortened 4-5processes, rare earth leachate continuous large-scale, high efficiency centrifugal crowd than enrichment .
2 , high efficiency and low consumption . Sulfuric acid leaching solution of rare earth ( REO 0.5-1 G / L ) directly from the production of high efficiency centrifugal Enrichment concentration of rare earth chloride products ( REO 250 G / L or so), the concentration of the solution of rare earth enriched approximately 500 -fold
3 , green . Raffinate oil through low-cost in-situ recovery of the organic phase, the phosphorus content is reduced to 1ppm or less, and the deployment of ore leaching agent after all the recycling, the production process without ammonia emissions, no radioactive slag, solve rare earth separation plant containing acid-soluble radioactivity residue disposal problems.
"research to develop rare earth ionic rare earth ore leaching extraction of Efficient integration of original technology, the process is greatly simplified compared with the traditional process, dramatically reducing the cost of production, the entire production process does not produce ammonia radioactive waste water and waste pollution, ionic rare earth mine production process of a revolution."
Higher efficiency, green, dramatically reduced cost of production, seems the Chinese have shifted the goal posts for HRE production from ionic clays, little wonder they can sell their 92% TREO, 9% Dy con for $15.60kg pre tax.
Of course that's if anyone wants it, "Zhujiang Rare Earth continues to delay resuming production".
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