Amax Port Nickel - a new dimension in reclaiming spent catalysts

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5557786

LaRue, T; Tinnin, R; Wiewiorowski, E; Crnojevich, R ^[1]

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1. Amax Metals Revovery, Inc., Braithwaite, LA (US)

The Port Nickel Plant, which is known for pioneering new hydrometallurgical technology for nickel laterites and nickel-cobalt-copper mattes, was converted in 1986 to process a variety of spent hydrotreating catalysts. The spent catalysts are completely reclaimed to recover products of vanadium pentoxide, molybdenum trisulfide, alumina trihydrate and a nickel-cobalt concentrate. The current plant process and potential for diversification into processing other metals-bearing wastes are discussed in the paper.

• OSTI ID: 5557786
• Report Number(s): CONF-880348--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320305* -- Energy Conservation
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& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Industrial Waste Management
ALLOYS
CATALYSTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COBALT ALLOYS
COPPER ALLOYS
DEMETALLIZATION
ELEMENTS
EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY
HYDROGENATION
HYDROMETALLURGY
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MANAGEMENT
METALLURGY
METALS
MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS
MOLYBDENUM SULFIDES
NICKEL
NICKEL ALLOYS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VANADIUM COMPOUNDS
VANADIUM OXIDES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES