Recovery platinum group metals from oxides ores - BHP ...
A batch of the oxide ore was roasted in a rotary kiln at 4500° C. for 0.25 hour followed by leaching 50 grams (ore ground to 92% smaller than 400 mesh) of the ore at 700° C. in 210 ml of solution containing 100 gpl H 2 SO 4 (about 2N), 2.2 g NaBr (10 gpl or about 0.1N) and a total of about 0.44 ml of Geobrom. The Geobrom consumption was 15.3 ...