Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0562201

Funding Activity

Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0562201

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Improvements in the pyrometallurgical processing of nickel oxide and laterite ores at QNI Yabulu, North Queensland. The QNI Yabulu operation in Queensland is an important supplier of nickel and cobalt metals to the export market. The company is planning to expand the scale of the operations but is faced with two important sustainability issues. One is the recent changes to the European regulations that require very low levels of residual nickel oxide in the nickel metal product. The second issue relates to ensuring the supply and improved recovery of nickel and cobalt from oxide-based ores. Further fundamental scientific information is required to provide improved understanding of the complex chemical reactions occurring during the high temperature treatment of these materials, and to guide improvements in product quality, recovery and process efficiency

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 20-12-2005

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $430,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Process Metallurgy | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other non-ferrous metals (e.g. copper,zinc) |

Other Keywords

Other non-ferrous metals (e.g. copper,zinc) | Process Metallurgy | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

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